List of Volkskammer members (4th election period)

This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 4th legislative period (1963–1967).

Composition

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In the 1963 East German general election, according to official information, 99.95% of the voters voted for the proposal of the National Front of the German Democratic Republic.

Faction Seats of GDR deputies Seats of Berlin representatives Total seats by party affiliation
SED 110 17 127
DBD 45 7 52
CDU 45 7 52
LDPD 45 7 52
NDPD 45 7 52
FDGB 60 8 68
DFD 30 5 35
FDJ 35 5 40
Kulturbund 15 3 22
Independent
Total 434 66 500

The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their size was predetermined. Through a new electoral law, the number of deputy mandates was increased to 500. The VdgB no longer formed a faction.

Presidium

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Faction Leaders

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Members of the Volkskammer

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Name Faction Remarks
Alexander Abusch KB
Richard Adam CDU
Rudolf Agsten LDPD faction leader
Eberhard Alff SED on January 13, 1965, for the Dept. Grotewohl moved up
Kurt Amberger CDU
Erich Apel SED deceased on December 3, 1965
Manfred von Ardenne KB
Hermann Arendholz DBD
Rainer Arlt SED
Margarete Arnhold LDPD
Hermann Axen SED
August Bach CDU died on March 23, 1966
Chairman of the parliamentary group
Walter Bading LDPD
Julius Balkow SED
Kurt Baresch NDPD
Edith Baumann SED Berlin representative
Herta Baumgärtel CDU
Charlotte Beck FDJ
Helene Behrens SED
Gerhard Benisch FDGB
Hilde Benjamin SED
Monika Berek CDU Berlin representative
Rolf Berger FDGB
Herbert Bergmann DBD
Helmut Bernhöft FDGB
Dietrich Besler SED Berlin representative
Regine Bialas DFD
Horst Bischeck SED
Gerhard Bläsing SED
Helga Bock FDJ married Helga Ewert
Lothar Bolz NDPD
Friderun Bondzin KB on December 20, 1965, for Rep. Wendt moved up
Waltraud Borowski SED Berlin representative
Alois Bräutigam SED
Ute Bräutigam FDJ
Horst Brasch SED
Willi Bredel SED died on October 27, 1964
Gerhard Broll SED on November 14, 1963, for Rep. Polak moved up
Peter Brucksch FDJ Berlin representative
Otto Buchwitz SED died on July 9, 1964
Hermann Budzislawski FDGB
Horst Büttner FDGB
Kurt Burkhardt DBD
Heinz Buss LDPD
Johannes Chemnitzer SED
Friedrich Clermont SED
Erich Correns KB
Franz Cott DBD
Franz Dahlem SED
Siegfried Dallmann NDPD
Kurt Debes NDPD
Else Dehnke FDGB
Gerd Delenschke NDPD Berlin representative
Johannes Dieckmann LDPD President of the People's Chamber
Herta Dippe FDGB
Regina Dittmar DFD
Ilse Dietze CDU
Horst Döll NDPD
Anneliese Dörrer FDGB
Marianne Dorn NDPD Berlin representative
Konrad Dorow FDGB Berlin representative
Lothar Dreher CDU Berlin representative
Paul Eberle LDPD Berlin representative
Erna Ebermann SED
Friedrich Ebert SED
Harry Eckardt FDGB Berlin representative
Kurt Ehrig FDGB Berlin representative
Ernst Eichhorn SED
Luise Ermisch SED
Georg Ewald SED
Manfred Ewald SED
Gerhard Fickel CDU
Otto Fiedler DBD Berlin representative
Ingeborg Fiege LDPD relieved of his mandate on January 21, 1966, at his own request
Wolfgang Fischer FDJ
Manfred Flegel NDPD
Rosemarie Flesch CDU
Peter Florin SED
Karl Frahm NDPD
Heinz Franke SED on September 1, 1964, for the Dept. Otto Buchwitz moved up
Erich Franz NDPD
Anna Frenzel FDGB
Margarete Fricke DFD
Walter Friedeberger SED Berlin representative died on May 14, 1967
Helma Friedrich FDJ Berlin representative
Paul Fröhlich SED
Gisela Fuchs DFD
Manfred Fürbass LDPD
Hildegard Fuhrmann DFD
Harald Funke FDGB
Otto Funke SED
Ernst Gallerach SED
Heinz Gattung FDGB
Liesbeth Gau DBD
Richard Gebel NDPD
Christine Gehlert FDJ
Paul Geisler FDGB
Willi Gerasch FDGB
Ernst Gering FDGB
Manfred Gerlach LDPD
Joachim-Ernst Gierspeck LDPD
Rudi Glück LDPD Berlin representative
Kurt Göhler DBD
Horst Göring DBD Berlin representative
Willi Görß FDGB
Gerald Götting CDU
Ernst Goldenbaum DBD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Otto Gotsche SED Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Erich Grabowski DBD
Günther Grewe CDU
Karl Grittke SED Berlin representative
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw FDGB Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Alfred Gromilovich SED Berlin representative
Roberta Gropper FDGB Berlin representative
Paul Grossherr LDPD
Manfred Grossman FDGB
Otto Grotewohl SED deceased on September 21, 1964
Gerhard Grüneberg SED
Erich Grützner SED
Kurt Grulich DBD
Wilhelm Gsell FDGB
Rudolf Gucinski CDU
Klaus Günther FDGB
Marie Gunder DBD
Wolfgang Guttke FDGB
Hildegard Haase DBD
Susanne Häber DBD
Heinz Hahne CDU
Martha Hagel SED Berlin representative
Kurt Hager SED
Ruth Hahn DFD
Alfred Haller LDPD
Wolfram Haller CDU
Roland Hammermüller DBD
Horst Hanfland FDJ
Emmy Handke DFD Berlin representative
Brunhilde Hanke SED
Ingelore Harnack CDU
Gertrud Hartmann DBD
Walter Hartung NDPD
Herbert Hasenbein FDGB
Johanna Hassinger LDPD
Kurt Haupt CDU
Walter Hauschild FDGB
Werner Heidinger NDPD
Hildegard Heine SED
Horst Heinrich NDPD
Siegfried Helbig CDU
Artur Helbing FDGB
Regina Helmdach FDGB
Leonhard Helmschrott DBD faction leader
Georg Hempel LDPD
Adolf Hennecke SED
Lieselott Herforth FDGB
Herbert Hertzsch FDGB
Fritz Herzberg FDGB
Hans-Joachim Heusinger LDPD
Wolfgang Heyl CDU faction leader
Ernst Himpel SED Resigned from office on December 20, 1965
Ursula Hintze NDPD
Irmgard Höhne DFD
Friedrich Höpfner LDPD
Elisabeth Höpner FDGB
Friedel Hoff CDU
Anni Hoffmann SED
Ernst Hoffmann SED Berlin representative
Heinz Hoffmann SED
Heinz-Rudolf Hoffmann CDU Berlin representative
on September 13, 1965, for the deputy Rösner moved up
Eberhard Hofmann KB
Siegfried Hohmann FDGB
Christa Hojer CDU
Horst Holinski FDGB
Witho Holland LDPD Berlin representative
Ilse Holtzbecher CDU Berlin representative
Heinrich Homann NDPD
Erich Honecker SED
Fritz Hopf LDPD
Johanna Hoppe DFD
Heinz Hoßfeld FDGB
Claus-Jürgen Huch NDPD
Max Hübner FDGB
Helene Ilse FDGB
Martha Israel DFD
Dieter Itzerott FDJ
Ursula Jacobs CDU
Gisela Jänsch SED Berlin representative
Ingeborg Janke SED
Werner Jarowinsky SED
Hans Jendretzky FDGB from December 20, 1965, parliamentary group leader
Karl-Heinz Jentsch LDPD
Georg Jerga CDU
Hans-Rainer John KB Berlin representative
Hertha Jung DFD Berlin representative
Erich Kärger DBD
Susanne Kahlert DFD
Hermann Kalb CDU from 1966 member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Susi Kammerath SED Berlin representative
Martha Kanow DFD
Gerd Karol FDGB
Fritz Karsunke DBD
Werner Karwath CDU
Karl Kayser KB
Ruth Kellermann NDPD
Erich Kellner LDPD
Katharina Kern DFD faction leader
Heinz Keßler SED
Wulf-Peter Keuerleber FDJ
Hans Kiefert SED Berlin representative died on December 29, 1966
Gustav Kiesewetter LDPD
Bruno Kiesler SED
Kurt Kieß SED
Friedrich Kind CDU
Rudolf Kirchner FDGB faction leader
Ruth Kirsch SED
Hermann Kirschstein FDGB
Helmtraut Klara DFD Berlin representative
Gerhard Klein KB
Karl Heinz Klein SED
Gottfried Klepel CDU
Rosa Klimpel DFD
Wilfried Klöser FDGB
Claus-Dieter Knöfler LDPD
Hans Koch KB
Bernard Koenen SED deceased on April 30, 1964
Erwin Körber DBD Berlin representative
Rudolf Kohlermann NDPD
Lothar Kolbe CDU
Willi-Peter Konzok LDPD
Gerhard Kordus LDPD Berlin representative
Dieter Koßmehl FDJ
Edda Kramer FDJ
Erwin Kramer SED
Rudolf Kranke FDGB
Rudolf Kraus SED Resigned from office on March 16, 1966
Johanna Krause DBD
Rolf Kraushaar DBD Berlin representative
Otto Krauss LDPD
Kurt Krenz SED
Walter Kresse SED
Horst Kreter NDPD
Ingeborg Krohn FDJ
Werner Krolikowski SED
Ernst Krüger FDGB
Franz Kühlmann CDU
Jutta Kuenanz LDPD
Anita Kujoth SED Berlin representative
Traude Kunz SED on March 16, 1966, for Rep. Kraus moved up
Gerhard Kupke SED
Alfred Kurella SED
Inge Kutter SED
Alfred Kutzke DBD
Ursula Kutzner CDU
Adalbert Lang SED on January 21, 1966, for Rep. Himpel moved up
Gerhard Lange CDU
Ilse Lange FDGB
Ingeburg Lange SED
Ingrid Lange DBD Berlin representative
Heinz Lehmann LDPD
Robert Lehmann FDJ
Fritz Leimbach LDPD
Ernst-Heinz Lemper CDU
Arno von Lenski NDPD
Heinz Leubner FDGB
Harri Leupold LDPD Berlin representative
Bruno Leuschner SED died on February 10, 1965
Gerhard Lindner LDPD
Johannes Löhn LDPD
Jonny Löhr NDPD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Berlin representative
Günther Loose SED
Ilse Lorenz DBD
Siegfried Lorenz FDJ Berlin representative
Werner Lorenz SED
Gerhard Lucht SED
Christlieb Ludwig CDU
Heinz Lüder NDPD
Wolfgang Lungershausen SED
Edith Luthardt FDGB
Hans Luthardt NDPD
Paul Luzemann FDGB
Boto Märtin DBD
Christina Malcherek SED
Rolf Manneck FDJ
Hans Marchand LDPD
Karl Maron SED
Werner Martin NDPD Resignation of mandate on September 1, 1966
Werner Marx DBD Berlin representative
Hermann Matern SED Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Chairman of the parliamentary group
Heinz Matthes SED
Heinz Matzke CDU
Georg Mayer SED
Walter Mechler LDPD Resignation of mandate on October 13, 1966
Heinrich Meier NDPD
Horst Meischner NDPD
Renate Meißner NDPD
Werner Mennicke SED on September 13, 1965, for Rep. Leuschner moved up
Else Merke DBD
Martha Mettke CDU
Charlotte Mewes DFD
Gerhard Rudolf Meyer NDPD Berlin representative
Erich Mielke SED
Günter Mittag SED
Lore Mix DFD
Hans Modrow SED Berlin representative
Karl Mörl CDU
Walter Morawe FDGB
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt DFD
Erich Mückenberger SED
Emmi Müller FDGB
Heinz Müller SED Berlin representative
Helmut Müller FDJ faction leader
Herbert Müller DBD
Joachim Müller FDGB
Margarete Müller SED
Walter Müller SED
Gerhard Münch NDPD
Elisabeth Naroschny DFD
Walter Nehls FDJ
Ingeborg Neike FDGB relieved of his mandate on November 3, 1965, at his own request
Willi Neubert KB
Heinz Neukrantz FDGB Berlin representative
Alfred Neumann SED
Anni Neumann FDGB
Klara Nieckchen FDJ
Siegfried Nobis FDJ
Albert Norden SED
Günter Nordt SED Resignation of mandate on February 20, 1967
Werner Noth KB
Monika Nowera FDJ Berlin representative
Rose Nyland-Distler KB
Dora Opitz DFD
Klaus Jürgen Osterland FDJ Berlin representative
Herbert Ott LDPD on January 21, 1966, for Dept. Fiege moved up
Martha Pässold DBD
Fritz Panteleit DBD
Christel Pappe FDGB on November 3, 1965, for the Dept. Neike moved up
Arnold Parnemann LDPD
Edmund Pech LDPD
Wolfgang Petermann NDPD
Ulrich Peters NDPD
Hans Günter Petzold CDU Berlin representative
Friedrich Pfaffenbach NDPD Berlin representative
Susanne Pfannenberg CDU
Ludwig Pfeiffer NDPD
Paul Pflock LDPD
Waltraud Piehl DFD
Heinz Pietzonka DBD
Alois Pisnik SED
Anton Plenikowski SED
Arthur Ploetz SED
Rolf Poche FDJ
Hans-Joachim Pohl KB
Karl Polak NDPD died on October 27, 1963
Rudolf Porschitz NDPD
Helmut Pregel FDGB
Ingrid Pressel DBD
Günter Prillwitz FDGB
Otto Püllmann LDPD on October 13, 1966, for Rep. Mechler moved up
Max Putze SED
Bernhard Quandt SED
Ernst-August Rabe LDPD
Erich Rätsch SED
Erwin Ramthun SED
Franz Rauwolf CDU
Eberhard Rebling KB Berlin representative
Herbert Recknagel CDU
Elisabeth Rehork FDGB
Regina Reich FDJ
Hans Reichelt DBD
Peter Reichelt FDJ
Anni Reim SED
Christine Reum FDJ
Eberhard Riedel FDJ
Walter Riedel CDU
Karl Rieke SED
Hans Rietz DBD
Heinz Ritter LDPD
Hans Rodenberg SED
Ilse Rodenberg NDPD Berlin representative
Hansjürgen Rösner CDU Berlin representative died on October 25, 1964
Wolfgang Rösser NDPD faction leader
Paul Roscher SED
Marianne Roß DBD
Ewald Roßbach DBD
Christian-Wilhelm Rowoldt NDPD
Otto Rühle NDPD
Willy Rumpf SED
Gertrud Sasse LDPD
Paul Saul SED
Jenny Schack CDU
Friedrich Schäfer FDGB
Willy Schäfer DBD
Johann Scheibler DBD
Werner Scheler KB
Waldemar Schilling FDGB
Ingrid Schippmann SED
Gregor Schirmer KB
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher DFD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Walter Schlee NDPD
Otto Schlegelmilch FDGB
Friedrich Schlette NDPD
Frank Schliephake SED
Paula Schlitter DFD
Ursula Schlosser DFD
Herbert Schmidt CDU
Martha Schmidt DFD Berlin representative
Waldemar Schmidt SED Berlin representative
Berthold Schmitt SED
Renate Schneider FDJ
Volker Schnell FDJ
Otto Schön SED
Georg Scholz LDPD
Paul Scholz DBD
Ehrhard Schrader DBD
Elisabeth Schröder NDPD
Hans Schuldt CDU
Karl-Heinz Schulmeister KB from December 20, 1965, parliamentary group leader
Margarete Schulz SED Berlin representative
Christa Schulze FDJ
Rudolph Schulze CDU
Horst Schumann FDJ
Gustav-Adolf Schur FDJ
Ida Schwedat LDPD
Erika Schweder NDPD
Max Sefrin CDU
Kurt Seibt SED
Hans Seigewasser SED
Charlotte Sembdner NDPD
Max Seydewitz SED
Rolf Sieber FDGB Berlin representative
Gustav Siemon NDPD Berlin representative
Paul Simon SED
Horst Sindermann SED
Heinz Sommer FDGB
Klaus Sorgenicht SED
Hermann Spencker LDPD
Dietmar Staender FDJ
Gerd Staegemann NDPD on September 1, 1966, for the Dept. Martin moved up
Max Staffeldt CDU
Luitpold Steidle CDU
Charlotte Steinbach DFD
Ursula Steinert CDU on September 1, 1966, for the Dept. Bach moved up
Anni Steinhardt FDJ
Christian Steinmüller NDPD
Hans-Rolf Stellwagen CDU Berlin representative
Reinhard Sterzik FDGB
Gerhard Stieberitz FDJ
Albert Stephen SED
Inge Stoltze FDJ
Willi Stoph SED
Margitta Stopp SED on January 21, 1966, for Rep. Apel moved up
Paul Strauß SED
Tatjana Strobel NDPD
Dieter Strubberg KB
Hans Stubbe KB
Max Suhrbier LDPD
Ingeborg Tauschke DFD
Hannelore Templiner FDGB Berlin representative
Rudolf Teschauer SED
Bruno Thalmann LDPD Berlin representative
Brigitte Theil DFD
Ilse Thiele DFD
Kurt Thieme SED Berlin representative
Fritz Thiemes DBD Berlin representative
Liselotte Thoms-Heinrich DFD Berlin representative
Annelie Thorndike KB
Walter Thürmer LDPD
Harry Tisch SED
Heinrich Toeplitz CDU
Herbert Trebs CDU Berlin representative
Harry Trumpold LDPD
Fritz Tschetschorke DBD
Kurt Turba FDJ
Walter Ulbricht SED
Eckhard Ullrich FDJ
Hans Ulrich NDPD
Helmut Ustrowski FDGB Berlin representative
Paul Verner SED
Gerda Vieth DFD
Herta Voigt DBD
Inge Voigt DFD
Dieter Wächtler FDJ
Gerhard Wagner LDPD
Martin Wagner DBD
Herbert Warnke SED
Ingeborg Warzecha NDPD
Irma Wattenbach DFD
Hans Watzek DBD
Johannes Weidauer NDPD
Marta Weigt DFD
Ingeborg Weituschat DFD Berlin representative
Herbert Weiz SED
Karla Wencke KB Berlin representative
Erich Wendt KB deceased on May 8, 1965
Josef Wenig FDGB
Harald Werthmann LDPD Berlin representative
Monika Werner SED
Otto Werner DBD
Rudi Werner DBD
Wilhelm Werner DBD
Hans Wiesner SED
Richard O. Wilhelm LDPD
Otto Winzer SED
Karl-Heinz Wittig NDPD
Margarete Wittkowski SED
Elfriede Wohlleben LDPD
Günter Wolf FDGB
Manfred Wolf FDGB
Horst Wolter SED
Werner Wolter DBD
Kurt Wünsche LDPD
Stephan Zagrodnik DBD
Gertrud Zepernik DBD
Herbert Ziegenhahn SED
Dieter Ziegler SED on September 1, 1964, for the Dept. Bernard Koenen moved up
Erwin Ziesmann DBD
Ursula Zschommler SED on January 13, 1965, for the Dept. Bredel moved up
Johann Zuber FDGB
Arnold Zweig KB

Literature

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  • Secretariat of the People's Chamber on behalf of the President of the People's Chamber of the GDR (Ed.) Die Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik: 4. Wahlperiode. Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1964.
  • Günther Buch: Namen und Daten wichtiger Personen der DDR. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-8012-0081-7.

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (4. Wahlperiode); see its history for attriSEDion.

References

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  1. ^ Compare Herbst, Andreas / Ranke, Winfried / Winkler, Jürgen: So funktionierte die DDR. Band 1: Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen A - L. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994