FIFTH GROTEWOHL CABINET

Fifth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl
Cabinet Grotewohl V
Fifth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl; Cabinet Grotewohl V
; 4th government of the German Democratic Republic
Date formed	14 November 1963
Date dissolved	21 September 1964
People and organisations
Head of government	Otto Grotewohl
No. of ministers	22
History
Predecessor	Grotewohl IV
Successor	Stoph I

The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the 4th Council of Ministers of the GDR from 14 November 1963, to 14 July 1967.

Ministries

The government consisted of:^[1]


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany	Otto Grotewohl	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Willi Stoph	14 November 1963	24 September 1964	SED
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexander Abusch	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
	Erich Apel	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
	Margarete Wittkowski	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	LDPD
	Max Sefrin	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	CDU
	Lothar Bolz	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	NDPD
	Paul Scholz	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	DBD
	Bruno Leuschner	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Construction	Wolfgang Junker	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Finance	Willy Rumpf	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Lothar Bolz	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	NDPD
Ministry of the Interior	Friedrich Dickel	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Justice	Hilde Benjamin	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications	Rudolph Schulze	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	CDU
Ministry of Public Education	Margot Honecker	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Minister of State Security	Erich Mielke	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Minister for Foreign Trade	Julius Balkow	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Transport	Erwin Kramer	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Ministry of Health	Max Sefrin	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	CDU

Committees


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Erich Apel	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Chairman of the People's Economic Council	Alfred Neumann	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Chairman of the Agricultural Council	Georg Ewald	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED
Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection	Heinz Matthes	14 November 1963	21 September 1964	SED

References

^ "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

Sources

Herbert Hömig (1985), "Loch, Hans", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 14, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 742–743; ( full text online)
Wer war wer in der DDR?
Carl Steinhoff: erster DDR-Innenminister : Wandlungen eines bürgerlichen Sozialisten / Lutz Maeke
"BIOGRAPHISCHE DATENBANKEN". election.de (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Gesetz über die Regierung der DDR: Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018
Gesetz über die Bildung eines Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit: http://www.verfassungen.de/de/ddr/mfsbildung50.htm Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018.

Government offices
Preceded by Grotewohl IV	Cabinets of the German Democratic Republic 14 November 1963-21 September 1964	Succeeded by Stoph I

[1] "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

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Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Council of the People's Deputies Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno Stresemann I Stresemann II Marx I Marx II Luther I Luther II Marx III Marx IV Müller II Presidential cabinets Brüning I Brüning II Papen Schleicher Hitler
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Hitler Goebbels Schwerin von Krosigk
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Grotewohl I Grotewohl II Grotewohl III Grotewohl IV Grotewohl V Modrow de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III Merkel IV Scholz

v t e Political parties in East Germany
Parties of the Democratic Bloc (1945–1950)	Communist Party of Germany (to 1946) Social Democratic Party of Germany (to 1946) Christian Democratic Union Liberal Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany (from 1946)
Parties of the National Front (1950–1989)	Socialist Unity Party of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany Liberal Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany (formed in 1948) Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (formed in 1948)
Parties during and after the Peaceful Revolution (1989–1990)	Alliance 90 Democracy Now Initiative for Peace and Human Rights New Forum Alliance for Germany Christian Democratic Union Democratic Awakening German Social Union Association of Free Democrats Liberal Democratic Party Free Democratic Party German Forum Party Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Communist Party of Germany Green Party National Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany— Party of Democratic Socialism United Left
Constituent Mass Organizations	Free German Trade Union Federation Free German Youth Democratic Women's Federation of Germany Cultural Association of the GDR Peasants Mutual Aid Association
East Germany portal Politics of East Germany Political parties in East Germany

v t e German cabinets
German Empire (1871–1918)	Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Bethmann-Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Council of the People's Deputies Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II Cuno Stresemann I Stresemann II Marx I Marx II Luther I Luther II Marx III Marx IV Müller II Presidential cabinets Brüning I Brüning II Papen Schleicher Hitler
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Hitler Goebbels Schwerin von Krosigk
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Grotewohl I Grotewohl II Grotewohl III Grotewohl IV Grotewohl V Modrow de Maizière
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Adenauer I Adenauer II Adenauer III Adenauer IV Erhard I Erhard II Kiesinger Brandt I Brandt II Schmidt I Schmidt II Schmidt III Kohl I Kohl II Kohl III Kohl IV Kohl V Schröder I Schröder II Merkel I Merkel II Merkel III Merkel IV Scholz

v t e Political parties in East Germany
Parties of the Democratic Bloc (1945–1950)	Communist Party of Germany (to 1946) Social Democratic Party of Germany (to 1946) Christian Democratic Union Liberal Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany (from 1946)
Parties of the National Front (1950–1989)	Socialist Unity Party of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany Liberal Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany (formed in 1948) Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (formed in 1948)
Parties during and after the Peaceful Revolution (1989–1990)	Alliance 90 Democracy Now Initiative for Peace and Human Rights New Forum Alliance for Germany Christian Democratic Union Democratic Awakening German Social Union Association of Free Democrats Liberal Democratic Party Free Democratic Party German Forum Party Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Communist Party of Germany Green Party National Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany— Party of Democratic Socialism United Left
Constituent Mass Organizations	Free German Trade Union Federation Free German Youth Democratic Women's Federation of Germany Cultural Association of the GDR Peasants Mutual Aid Association
East Germany portal Politics of East Germany Political parties in East Germany

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Fifth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl V
4th government of the German Democratic Republic

Date formed	14 November 1963 (1963-11-14)
Date dissolved	21 September 1964 (1964-09-21)
People and organisations
Head of government	Otto Grotewohl
No. of ministers	22
History
Predecessor	Grotewohl IV
Successor	Stoph I