FOURTH GROTEWOHL CABINET

Fourth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl
Cabinet Grotewohl IV
Fourth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl; Cabinet Grotewohl IV
; 3rd government of the German Democratic Republic
Date formed	8 December 1958
Date dissolved	7 October 1963
People and organisations
Head of government	Otto Grotewohl
No. of ministers	22
History
Predecessor	Grotewohl III
Successor	Grotewohl V

The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the 3rd Council of Ministers of the GDR from December 8, 1958, to October 7, 1963.

Ministries

The government consisted of:^[1]


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany	Otto Grotewohl	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Walter Ulbricht	8 December 1958	12 September 1960	SED
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Heinrich Rau	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
	Willi Stoph	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
	Hans Loch	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	LDPD
	Max Sefrin	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	CDU
	Lothar Bolz	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	NDPD
	Paul Scholz	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	DBD
	Bruno Leuschner	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	Hans Reichelt	8 December 1958	7 February 1963 replaced by Agricultural Council	DBD
Ministry of Construction	Ernst Scholz	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Finance	Willy Rumpf	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Lothar Bolz	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	NDPD
Ministry of the Interior	Karl Maron	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Justice	Hilde Benjamin	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry for Post and Telecommunications	Friedrich Burmeister	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	CDU
Ministry of Public Education	Alfred Lemmnitz	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Minister of State Security	Erich Mielke	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Minister for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade	Heinrich Rau	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Transport	Erwin Kramer	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Ministry of Health	Max Sefrin	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	CDU

Committees


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Bruno Leuschner	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
	Karl Mewis	6 July 1961	12 January 1963	SED
	Erich Apel	12 January 1963	7 October 1963	SED
First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Kurt Gregor	8 December 1958	6 July 1961	SED
First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Rudolf Müller	6 July 1961	7 October 1963	SED
Chairman of the Agricultural Council	Karl-Heinz Bartsch	7 February 1963	9 February 1963	SED
Chairman of the Agricultural Council	Georg Ewald	9 February 1963	7 October 1963	SED
Chairman of the Central Committee for State Control	Ernst Wabra	8 December 1958	7 October 1963	SED
Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection	Heinz Matthes	14 May 1963	7 October 1963	SED

References

^ "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

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 III	Cabinets of the German Democratic Republic 8 December 1958-7 October 1963	Succeeded by Grotewohl V

[1] "Ministries, political parties, etc". rulers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

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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
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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
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Fourth cabinet of Otto Grotewohl Cabinet Grotewohl IV
3rd government of the German Democratic Republic

Date formed	8 December 1958 (1958-12-08)
Date dissolved	7 October 1963 (1963-10-07)
People and organisations
Head of government	Otto Grotewohl
No. of ministers	22
History
Predecessor	Grotewohl III
Successor	Grotewohl V