List of leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany

This article lists the leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). GDR was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.^[1]

Länder of the GDR, in red.

Until 1952,^[2] GDR was divided into 5 states (German: Länder), from north to south: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia.

Bezirke of the GDR, with their capitals in red.

From 1952 until 1990,^[2] GDR was divided into 14 districts (German: Bezirke), each named after their capitals, from north to south: Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Magdeburg, Cottbus, Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (named Chemnitz until the 1953 Karl Marx Year^[3]), Gera and Suhl.

Due to its special status, East Berlin (German: Ost-Berlin) was originally not counted as a Bezirk. In 1961, after the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and the construction of the Berlin Wall, East Berlin came to be recognised in GDR administration as the Bezirk Berlin, though it retained a special status until the adoption of the revised 1968 Constitution.^[4]

Officeholders edit

  Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
  Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
  Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
  German Democratic Party (DDP)
  Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
  Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

States (Länder) edit

Mecklenburg edit

Location of Mecklenburg within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Kurt Bürger (1894–1951)	21 April 1946	28 July 1951
2	Karl Mewis (1907–1987)	1951	1952

State leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
President of the State Administration
1	Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955)	9 July 1945	31 July 1945	SPD
President
1	Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955)	31 July 1945	9 December 1946	SPD (until 1946)
	Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955)	31 July 1945	9 December 1946	SED (until 1946)
Ministers-President
1	Wilhelm Höcker (1886–1955)	9 December 1946	20 July 1951	SED
2	Kurt Bürger (1894–1951)	20 July 1951	30 July 1951	SED
3	Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999)	30 July 1951	23 July 1952	SED

Brandenburg edit

Location of Brandenburg within the GDR.

Party leader

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1		Willy Sägebrecht (1904–1981)	21 April 1946	23 July 1952

State leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
President of the Provisional Administration
1	Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981)	4 July 1945	20 December 1946	SPD
Ministers-President
2	Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981)	20 December 1946	5 December 1949	SPD (until 1946)
	Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981)	20 December 1946	5 December 1949	SED (until 1946)
2	Rudolf Jahn (1906–1990)	5 December 1949	23 July 1952	SED

Saxony-Anhalt edit

Location of Saxony-Anhalt within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1		Bernard Koenen (1889–1964)	21 April 1946	1952

State leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Ministers-President
1	Erhard Hübener (1881–1952)	20 July 1945	13 August 1949	LDPD
2	Werner Bruschke (1898–1995)	13 August 1949	23 July 1952	SED

Saxony edit

Location of Saxony within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Wilhelm Koenen (1886–1963)	21 April 1946	1949
2	Ernst Lohagen (1897–1971)	1949	1952
3	Karl Schirdewan (1907–1998)	1952	July 1952

State leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Ministers-President
1	Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947)	1 July 1945	13 June 1947	SPD (until 1946)
	Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947)	1 July 1945	13 June 1947	SED (until 1946)
2	Max Seydewitz (1892–1987)	31 July 1947	23 July 1952	SED

Thuringia edit

Location of Thuringia within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Werner Eggerath (1900–1977)	21 April 1946	1947
2	Erich Ernst Kops (1905–1961)	1947	1949
3	Erich Mückenberger (1910–1998)	1949	26 July 1952

State leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Leader of the State Administration
1	Rudolf Paul (1893–1978)	16 July 1945	4 December 1946	DDP (until 1946)
	Rudolf Paul (1893–1978)	16 July 1945	4 December 1946	SED (until 1946)
Ministers-President
1	Rudolf Paul (1893–1978)	4 December 1946	1 September 1947	SED
2	Werner Eggerath (1900–1977)^[a]	2 September 1947	23 July 1952	SED

Districts (Bezirke) edit

Rostock edit

Location of Bezirk Rostock within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Karl Mewis (1907–1987)	August 1952	July 1961
2	Harry Tisch (1927–1995)	July 1961	April 1975
3	Ernst Timm (1926–2005)	April 1975	November 1989
4	Ulrich Peck (born 1948)	November 1989	January 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Erhard Holweger (1911–1976)	1952	1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Erhard Holweger (1911–1976)	August 1952	6 August 1952	SED
2	Hans Warnke (1896–1984)	August 1952	May 1959	SED
3	Harry Tisch (1927–1995)	May 1959	July 1961	SED
4	Karl Deuscher (1917–1993)	July 1961	June 1969	SED
5	Willy Marlow (1928–2007)	June 1969	February 1986	SED
6	Eberhard Kühl (born 1936)	February 1986	December 1989	SED
7	Götz Kreuer (born 1940)	December 1989	1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Hans-Joachim Kalendrusch (born 1939)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Neubrandenburg edit

Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Willi Wiebershausen (1917–1960)	September 1952	August 1953
2	Max Steffen (1909–1988)	September 1953	October 1960
3	Georg Ewald (1926–1973)	October 1960	February 1963
4	Johannes Chemnitzer (1929–2021)	February 1963	November 1989
5	Wolfgang Herrmann (born 1939)	November 1989	December 1989
6	Jürgen Zelm (born 1953)	December 1989	1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Wilhelm Steudte (1897–1973)	1952	1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Wilhelm Steudte (1897–1973)	August 1952	December 1953	SED
2	Hans Jendretzky (1897–1992)	December 1953	February 1957	SED
3	Horst Brasch (1922–1989)	1957	May 1959	SED
4	Kurt Guter (1921–2001)	May 1959	July 1962	SED
5	Lothar Geissler (born 1927)	July 1962	February 1967	SED
6	Adolf Garling (born 1925)	February 1967	March 1972	SED
7	Gottfried Sperling (1921–1991)	April 1972	November 1977	SED
8	Heinz Simkowski (1931–2008)	November 1977	January 1990	SED
—	Wolfgang Otto (born 1947) Acting Chairman	January 1990	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Martin Brick (born 1939)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Schwerin edit

Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999)	August 1952	February 1974
2	Heinz Ziegner (1928–2015)	February 1974	November 1989
3	Hans Joachim Audehm (born 1940)	3 November 1989	December 1989

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Wilhelm Bick (1903–1980)	1952	1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Wilhelm Bick (1903–1980)	August 1952	June 1958	SED
2	Josef Stadler (1906–1984)	June 1958	July 1960	SED
3	Michael Grieb (1921–2003)	July 1960	April 1968	SED
4	Rudi Fleck (1930–2012)	April 1968	8 December 1989	SED
—	Siegfried Hempelt (born 1931) Acting Chairman	December 1989	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Georg Diederich (born 1949)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Potsdam edit

Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Kurt Seibt (1908–2002)	1 August 1952	April 1956
—	Eduard Goetzel (1921–1986) Acting First Secretary	April 1956	September 1957
(1)	Kurt Seibt (1908–2002)	September 1957	June 1964
2	Werner Wittig (1926–1976)	June 1964	8 January 1976†
3	Günther Jahn (1930–2015)	23 January 1976	15 November 1989
4	Heinz Vietze (born 1947)	15 November 1989	1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Curt Wach (1906–1974)	1 August 1952	8 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Curt Wach (1906–1974)	8 August 1952	January 1953	SED
2	Josef Stadler (1906–1984)	April 1953	February 1957	SED
3	Herbert Rutschke (1905–1978)	February 1957	June 1960	SED
4	Franz Peplinski (1910–1991)	June 1960	December 1962	SED
5	Herbert Puchert (1914–1997)	January 1963	May 1971	SED
6	Günter Pappenheim (born 1925)	May 1971	February 1974	SED
7	Werner Eidner (born 1923)	February 1974	June 1977	SED
8	Herbert Tzschoppe (born 1927)	June 1977	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Jochen Wolf (1941-2022)	June 1990	2 October 1990	SPD

Frankfurt edit

Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Gerhard Grüneberg (1921–1981)	1 August 1952	February 1958
2	Eduard Goetzel (1921–1986)	April 1958	August 1961
3	Erich Mückenberger (1910–1996)	August 1961	May 1971
4	Hans-Joachim Hertwig (1928–1988)	May 1971	28 August 1988
5	Christa Zellmer (1930–2002)	November 1988	November 1989
6	Bernd Meier (1944–2005)	November 1989	February 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Franz Peplinski (1910–1991)	1 August 1952	8 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Franz Peplinski (1910–1991)	8 August 1952	September 1956	SED
2	Günter Springer (1922–2013)	November 1956	June 1960	SED
3	Hans Albrecht (1919–2008)	August 1960	March 1963	SED
4	Harry Mönch (born 1925)	March 1963	May 1969	SED
5	Siegfried Sommer (1925–2003)	May 1969	November 1989	SED
6	Gundolf Baust (1941–2004)	20 November 1989	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Britta Schellin (born 1963)	June 1990	2 October 1990	SPD

Magdeburg edit

Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Alois Pisnik (1911–2004)	August 1952	February 1979
2	Kurt Tiedke (1924–2015)	February 1979	June 1983
3	Werner Eberlein (1919–2002)	June 1983	November 1989
4	Wolfgang Pohl (born 1940)	12 November 1989	December 1989
5	Manfred Dunkel	December 1989	February 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Josef Hegen (1907–1969)	1952	1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Josef Hegen (1907–1969)	August 1952	June 1953	SED
2	Paul Hentschel (1913–1959)	June 1953	20 November 1959	SED
—	Bruno Kiesler (1925–2011) Acting Chairman	1957	1958	SED
3	Kurt Ranke (1920–1999)	September 1960	June 1985	SED
4	Siegfried Grünwald (born 1938)	September 1985	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Wolfgang Braun (1939–2016)	11 June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Cottbus edit

Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Franz Bruk (1923–1996)	1 August 1952	August 1953
2	Albert Stief (1920–1998)	August 1953	May 1969
3	Werner Walde (1926–2010)	June 1969	November 1989
4	Wolfgang Thiel (born 1948)	November 1989	1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Werner Manneberg (1923–2000)	1 August 1952	11 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Werner Manneberg (1923–2000)	11 August 1952	June 1959	SED
2	Heinz Krüger (1919–2015)	July 1959	February 1962	SED
—	Rudolf Müller (1911–af. 1985) Acting Chairman	1962	1962	SED
3	Hans Schmidt (1915–1995)	June 1962	May 1971	SED
4	Irma Uschkamp (1929–2014)	May 1971	April 1989	SED
5	Peter Siegesmund (born 1940)	June 1989	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Karl-Heinz Kretschmer (born 1948)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Halle edit

Location of Bezirk Halle within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Bernard Koenen (1889–1964)	August 1952	1953
2	Heinz Glaser (1920–1980)	1953	September 1954
3	Franz Bruk (1923–1996)	September 1954	April 1958
(1)	Bernard Koenen (1889–1964)	April 1958	February 1963
4	Horst Sindermann (1915–1990)	February 1963	May 1971
5	Werner Felfe (1928–1988)	May 1971	May 1981
6	Hans-Joachim Böhme (1929–2012)	May 1981	November 1989
7	Roland Claus (born 1954)	November 1989	1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Werner Bruschke (1898–1995)	1952	1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Werner Bruschke (1898–1995)	August 1952	November 1954	SED
2	Helmut Becker (1917–1998)	December 1954	June 1958	SED
3	Otto Leopold (1901–1975)	July 1958	March 1966	SED
4	Helmut Klapproth (1928–2011)	May 1966	February 1984	SED
5	Alfred Kolodniak (born 1931)	February 1984	January 1990	SED
6	Wolfgang Süss (born 1934)	January 1990	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Klaus Keitel (born 1939)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Leipzig edit

Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Karl Schirdewan (1907–1998)	July 1952	December 1952
2	Paul Fröhlich (1913–1970)	January 1953	19 September 1970
3	Horst Schumann (1924–1993)	November 1970	5 November 1989
4	Roland Wötzel (born 1938)	November 1989	February 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Karl Adolphs (1904–1989)	August 1952	March 1959	SED
2	Erich Grützner (1910–2001)	April 1959	February 1974	SED
3	Rolf Opitz (1929–2006)	February 1974	December 1989	SED
4	Joachim Draber (born 1939)	December 1989	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Rudolf Krause (born 1939)	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Erfurt edit

Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Erich Mückenberger (1910–1998)	26 July 1952	July 1953
2	Hans Kiefert (1905–1966)	August 1953	February 1957
3	Hermann Fischer (1911–1967)	February 1957	June 1958
4	Alois Bräutigam (1916–2007)	June 1958	April 1980
5	Gerhard Müller (born 1928)	April 1980	11 November 1989
6	Herbert Kroker (born 1929)	11 November 1989	December 1989

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Willy Gebhardt (1901–1973)	26 July 1952	1 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Willy Gebhardt (1901–1973)	1 August 1952	9 October 1962	SED
2	Richard Gothe (1928–1985)	9 October 1962	17 January 1985	SED
—	Horst Lang (born 1938) Acting Chairman	17 January 1985	5 March 1985	SED
3	Arthur Swatek (1932–1990)	6 March 1985	4 February 1990	SED
—	Horst Lang (born 1938) Acting Chairman	5 February 1990	8 June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Josef Duchac (born 1938)	8 June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Dresden edit

Location of Bezirk Dresden within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Hans Riesner (1902–1976)	August 1952	February 1957
2	Fritz Reuter (1911–2000)	February 1957	May 1960
3	Werner Krolikowski (1928–2016)	May 1960	October 1973
4	Hans Modrow (1928–2023)	October 1973	November 1989
5	Hans-Joachim Hahn (born 1934)	November 1989	January 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Rudolf Jahn (1906–1990)	August 1952	November 1958	SED
2	Walter Weidauer (1899–1986)	December 1958	January 1961	SED
3	Günter Witteck (born 1928)	February 1961	March 1963	SED
4	Manfred Scheler (1929–2014)	March 1963	July 1982	SED
(3)	Günter Witteck (born 1928)	July 1982	December 1989	SED
5	Wolfgang Sieber (1934–2017)	December 1989	February 1990	SED
6	Michael Kunze (born 1944)	February 1990	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Siegfried Ballschuh	June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Karl-Marx-Stadt edit

Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Walter Buchheim (1904–1979)	July 1952	October 1959
2	Rolf Weihs (1920–2000)	January 1960	February 1963
3	Paul Roscher (1913–1993)	February 1963	March 1976
4	Siegfried Lorenz (born 1930)	March 1976	November 1989
5	Norbert Kertscher (born 1954)	November 1989	1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Council
1	Max Müller (1899–1977)	August 1952	March 1960	SED
2	Werner Felfe (1928–1988)	March 1960	September 1963	SED
3	Heinz Arnold (1920–2000)	1963	January 1981	SED
4	Lothar Fichtner (born 1934)	February 1981	June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Albrecht Buttolo (born 1947)	11 June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Gera edit

Location of Bezirk Gera within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Otto Funke (1915–1999)	26 July 1952	1955
2	Heinz Glaser (1920–1980)	1955	August 1959
3	Paul Roscher (1913–1993)	September 1959	February 1963
4	Herbert Ziegenhahn (1921–1993)	February 1963	November 1989
5	Erich Postler (born 1940)	November 1989	December 1989

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Lydia Poser (1909–1984)	26 July 1952	1 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Lydia Poser (1909–1984)	1 August 1952	14 October 1959	SED
2	Albert Wettengel (1921–2004)	14 October 1959	19 May 1965	SED
3	Horst Wenzel (1914–1974)^[b]	20 May 1965	28 March 1973	SED
4	Rudolf Bahmann (1929–1977)	28 March 1973	19 September 1977	SED
—	Joachim Mittasch Acting Chairman	20 September 1977	8 December 1977	SED
5	Karl-Heinz Fleischer (1932–2008)	9 December 1977	30 May 1983	SED
6	Werner Ulbrich (1928–1999)	30 May 1983	9 January 1990	SED
7	Helmut Luck (born 1930)^[c]	10 January 1990	8 June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Peter Lindlau	8 June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

Suhl edit

Location of Bezirk Suhl within the GDR.

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Adolf Färber (1912–1987)	26 July 1952	August 1954
2	Kurt Schneidewind (1912–1983)	November 1954	September 1956
3	Otto Funke (1915–1997)	1956	August 1968
4	Hans Albrecht (1919–2008)	August 1968	November 1989
5	Peter Pechauf (born 1941)	November 1989	February 1990

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Chairman of the District Commission
1	Fritz Sattler (1896–1964)	26 July 1952	1 August 1952	SED
Chairmen of the District Council
1	Fritz Sattler (1896–1964)	1 August 1952	29 November 1958	SED
2	Wilhelm Behnke (1914–1975)	29 November 1958	26 July 1967	SED
3	Arnold Zimmermann (1922–2015)	26 July 1967	16 May 1990	SED
—	Helmuth Vierling (born 1945) Acting Chairman	16 May 1990	8 June 1990	SED
Government Authorized Person (Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
1	Werner Ulbrich (born 1939)	8 June 1990	2 October 1990	CDU

East Berlin edit

Location of East Berlin within the GDR.

Boroughs of East Berlin (1987).

Map of East Berlin (1989).

Party leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office
First Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1	Hermann Matern (1893–1971)	21 April 1946	1948
2	Hans Jendretzky (1897–1992)	1948	1953
3	Alfred Neumann (1909–2001)	1953	1957
4	Hans Kiefert (1905–1966)	1957	1959
5	Paul Verner (1905–1986)	1959	May 1971
6	Konrad Naumann (1929–1992)	May 1971	November 1985
7	Günter Schabowski (1929–2015)	November 1985	November 1989
8	Heinz Albrecht (born 1935)	November 1989	1989

District leaders

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political party
Lord Mayors
1	Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894–1979)^[d]	30 November 1948	5 July 1967	SED
2	Herbert Fechner (1913–1998)	5 July 1967	11 February 1974	SED
3	Erhard Krack (1931–2000)	11 February 1974	15 February 1990	SED (until 1989)
	Erhard Krack (1931–2000)	11 February 1974	15 February 1990	PDS (from 1989)
—	Hannelore Mensch (born 1937) Acting Lord Mayor [Acting for Krack]	January 1979	1980	SED
—	Ingrid Pankraz (born 1948) Acting Lord Mayor	15 February 1990	23 February 1990	PDS
4	Christian Hartenhauer (born 1948)	23 February 1990	30 May 1990	PDS
5	Tino Schwierzina (1927–2003)	30 May 1990	11 January 1991	SDP
—	Thomas Krüger (born 1959) Acting Lord Mayor	11 January 1991	24 January 1991	SDP

Notes edit

^ Acting to 8 October 1947.
^ Acting to 8 November 1965.
^ Acting from 1 June 1990.
^ Provisional to 17 October 1954.

References edit

^ Grieder, Peter (2 November 2012). The German Democratic Republic. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. xviii. ISBN 9780230356863.
^ ^a ^b Illing, Falk (7 October 2014). Die sächsische FDP seit 1990: Auf dem Weg zur etablierten Partei? (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 71. ISBN 9783658046576.
^ Travel Guide, German Democratic Republic. Zeit im Bild Publishing House. 1983. p. 89.
^ Horváth, Gyula (21 August 2014). Spaces and Places in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical Trends and Perspectives. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9781317917540.

External links edit

Worldstatesmen.org – States of Germany since 1918 and Districts of East Germany

[5] Acting to 8 October 1947.

[6] Acting to 8 November 1965.

[7] Acting from 1 June 1990.

[8] Provisional to 17 October 1954.

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