List of Volkskammer members (6th election period)

This list provides an overview of all members of the Volkskammer of the GDR in the 6th legislative period (1971–1976).

Composition

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In the 1971 East German general election, according to official records, 99.85% of the voters supported the proposal of the National Front.

Faction Seats by Party Affiliation
SED 127 284
DBD 52 52
CDU 52 54
LDPD 52 53
NDPD 52 53
FDGB 68
DFD 35
FDJ 40
KB 22
Non-partisan
Total 500 500

The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their size was predetermined. The right column in the above table considers the party affiliations of the members within the factions of FDGB, DFD, FDJ, and Kulturbund.

Presidium

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  • President of the People's Chamber
Gerald Götting (CDU)
  • Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Friedrich Ebert (SED)
  • Members of the Presidium:
Erich Mückenberger (SED)
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD)
Heinz Eichler (SED)
Karl-Heinz Schulmeister (Kulturbund)
Egon Krenz (FDJ)
Ernst Goldenbaum (DBD)
Willi-Peter Konzok (LDPD)
Margarete Müller (FDGB)
Wolfgang Rösser (NDPD)

Faction Leaders

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  • Faction of the SED
Friedrich Ebert
  • Faction of the DBD
Leonhard Helmschrott
  • Faction of the CDU
Wolfgang Heyl
  • Faction of the LDPD
Rudolf Agsten
  • Faction of the NDPD
Siegfried Dallmann
  • Faction of the FDGB
Hans Jendretzky
  • Faction of the DFD
Katharina Kern
  • Faction of the FDJ
Egon Krenz
  • Faction of the KB
Karl-Heinz Schulmeister, KB

MPs

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Name Faction Remarks
Alexander Abusch KB
Rudolf Agsten LDPD
Erika Albrecht DFD
Hans Albrecht SED
Heinz Albrecht SED Berlin representative
Kurt Anclam LDPD
Manfred von Ardenne KB
Klaus-Rüdiger Arnold FDGB
Truste Arnold CDU
Hermann Axen SED
Annemarie Balke FDGB
Julius Balkow SED died on July 19, 1973
Helga Barsch DFD Berlin representative
Dieter Bartelt SED
Edith Baumann SED Berlin representative
deceased on April 7, 1973
Manfred Becher LDPD
Christel Bednareck FDGB Berlin representative
Friedl Behnke FDGB
Bärbel Behrens CDU
Ursula Berger FDJ
Wiete Bergmann FDGB
Dietrich Besler SED Berlin representative
Wolfgang Beyreuther FDGB
Ewald Bialas FDGB
Helmut Birckner FDGB
Heinz Böhm CDU
Siegfried Böhm SED
Marta-Maria Böttcher NDPD
Karl-Heinz Bohm SED Berlin representative
Walter Boltz DBD Berlin representative
Lothar Bolz NDPD
Friderun Bondzin KB
Hans Brachmann FDGB
Alois Bräutigam SED
Horst Brasch SED
Christoph Brückner LDPD
Dieter Bruska FDJ
Hermann Budzislawski FDGB
Elke Centner FDJ
Johannes Chemnitzer SED
Gerhard Clausner SED
Manfred Clauss SED
Friedrich Clermont SED
Erich Correns KB
Ursula Czeczot CDU
Franz Dahlem SED
Siegfried Dallmann NDPD
Hans Deckert NDPD
Gerd Delenschke NDPD Berlin representative
Friedrich Dickel SED
Herta Dippe FDGB
Regina Dittmar DFD
Horst Döll NDPD
Ursula Dörner DFD
Horst Dohlus SED
Marianne Dorn NDPD Berlin representative
Konrad Dorow FDGB
Heinz Dreblow SED
Michael Drechsler FDJ
Gertraut Dreihardt DFD
Paul Eberle LDPD Berlin representative
Friedrich Ebert SED
Harry Eckardt FDGB Berlin representative
Herbert Eichhorn DBD
Heinz Eichler SED Berlin representative
Ludwig Elm KB
Christa Elsner LDPD
Klaus Elsner DBD Berlin representative
Hildegard Endler FDGB on June 13, 1973, for Rep. knight moved up
Christine Engelhardt FDJ
Renate Engelke FDJ
Gottfried Engelmann LDPD
Albert Enke FDGB
Elisabeth Erdmann NDPD
Luise Ermisch SED
Heino Ernst FDGB
Wilma Ettlich KB
Georg Ewald SED deceased on September 14, 1973
Manfred Ewald SED
Ulrich Fahl CDU
Heinz Fahrenkrog FDGB
Herbert Fechner SED Berlin representative
Werner Feist LDPD
Werner Felfe SED
Kurt Fenske SED
Otto Fiedler DBD Berlin representative
Doris Finke FDGB
Margit Fippel FDJ
Horst Fischer NDPD
Manfred Flegel NDPD
Peter Florin SED
Friedhelm Foerster NDPD
Jürgen Franke FDJ
Erich Franz NDPD
Helga Freiberg NDPD Berlin representative
Heinz Freier SED on December 3, 1975, for Rep. Warnke moved up
Anna-Maria Freyer DFD
Eckehard Friedrich FDJ
Gisela Fuchs DFD
Friedel Fuckel DFD
Otto Funke SED
Heinz Gattung FDGB
Brigitte Gaumitz FDJ
Helmut Geiger CDU
Manfred Gerlach LDPD
Horst Gessner LDPD
Sieghard Geyhler FDJ
Joachim-Ernst Gierspeck LDPD
Anita Gläser FDJ
Grete Glawe FDGB
Willi Görß FDGB
Siegfried Glöckner SED on December 19, 1973, for Rep. Balkow moved up
Gerald Götting CDU
Ernst Goldenbaum DBD
Erich Grabowski DBD
Manfred Graetz FDJ
Willi Grandetzka DBD
Liselotte Gretzschel SED
Günther Grewe CDU
Roberta Gropper FDGB Berlin representative
Ines Grosche CDU
Manfred Grossmann FDGB
Gerhard Grüneberg SED
Erich Grützner SED
Marie Gunder DBD
Wolfgang Guttke FDGB
Klaus Gysi KB
Hildegard Haase DBD
Susanne Häber DBD
Kurt Hager SED
Erika Hahn LDPD
Ruth Hahn DFD
Ulrich Hahnefeld FDJ
Walter Halbritter SED
Wolfram Haller CDU
Irmgard Haltinner SED Berlin representative
Gero Hammer NDPD
Emmy Handke DFD Berlin representative
Brunhilde Hanke SED
Siegfried Hanusch FDGB
Gertrud Hartmann DBD
Günter Hartmann NDPD Berlin representative
on July 12, 1973, for the deputy Siemon moved up
Walter Hartung NDPD
Kurt Haupt CDU
Thea Hauschild SED
Günter Hegner DBD
Hildegard Heine SED
Horst Heinrich NDPD
Brunhilde Heinrichs SED
Günther Heinze FDGB
Gerda Heller LDPD
Leonhard Helmschrott DBD
Egon Hengelhaupt FDGB
Karlheinz Hengst NDPD
Waltraut Hennig LDPD
Anneliese Hennlich CDU
Karin Hensel SED
Johannes Herda CDU
Lieselott Herforth FDGB
Wolfgang Herger FDJ
Hans-Joachim Hertwig SED
Hans-Joachim Heusinger LDPD
Wolfgang Heyl CDU
Edith Hilgenfeld FDJ
Heino Hinze KB
Annelotte Hochhaus DFD
Friedrich Höpfner LDPD
Elisabeth Höpner FDGB
Rudolf Höppner FDGB Berlin representative
Anni Hoffmann SED
Heinz Hoffmann SED
Heinz-Rudolf Hoffmann CDU Berlin representative
Gunhild Hoffmeister FDJ
Sabine Hofmann FDGB
Christa Hojer CDU
Horst Holinski FDGB
Witho Holland LDPD Berlin representative
Gerhard Holtz-Baumert KB
Ilse Holtzbecher CDU Berlin representative
Heinrich Homann NDPD
Erich Honecker SED
Margot Honecker SED
Horst Hornung FDGB
Heinz Hoßfeld FDGB
Claus Howitz DBD
Claus-Jürgen Huch NDPD
Max Hübner FDGB
Max Hüniger DBD on March 9, 1972, for Titel moved up
Wilfried Ihle FDGB
Helga Isenberg LDPD on June 19, 1975, for Rep. Paul moved up
Barbara Jacob FDGB
Karl Jäger DBD
Bernhard Jahn LDPD
Günther Jahn FDJ
Werner Jarowinsky SED
Christa Jauch LDPD
Hans Jendretzky FDGB
Ulrike Jereschinski NDPD
Hertha Jung DFD
Karl Kaatz LDPD
Ingeborg Kachel FDGB Berlin representative
Erich Kärger DBD
Susanne Kahlert DFD
Elfi Kaiser CDU Berlin representative
Siegfried Kaiser FDGB Berlin representative
Hermann Kalb CDU
Werner Kalweit SED
Susi Kammerath SED Berlin representative
Werner Karwath CDU
Karl Kayser KB
Willi Keindorf SED
Katharina Kern DFD
Heinz Keßler SED
Gustav Kiesewetter LDPD
Bruno Kiesler SED
Friedrich Kind CDU
Franz Kirchner CDU
Ruth Kirsch SED
Joachim Kirst FDJ
Helmtraut Klara DFD Berlin representative
Günther Kleiber SED
Ingeborg Kleinert SED
Gottfried Klepel FDGB
Heinz Kliemt LDPD
Wilfried Klöser FDGB
Heinz Knobbe SED
Lucie Knobloch DBD Berlin representative
Claus-Dieter Knöfler LDPD
Heinz Knorr NDPD
Hans Koch KB
Erwin Körber DBD
Lothar Kolbe CDU
Willi-Peter Konzok LDPD
Edith Krambeer NDPD
Edda Kramer DFD
Erwin Kramer SED
Heinz Kratkey NDPD
Martin Kraul KB
Johanna Krause DBD
Rosemarie Krautzig CDU Berlin representative
Egon Krenz FDJ
Kurt Krenz SED
Walter Kresse SED
Horst Kreter NDPD Berlin representative
Waldemar Kreutzberger NDPD
Werner Krolikowski SED
Liesbeth Krüger SED Berlin representative
Renate Krüger FDJ
Franz Kuhlmann CDU
Gerhard Kühn LDPD Berlin representative
Hermann Kühne DBD
Joachim Kühne FDGB
Ulrike Kunert FDJ
Traude Kunz SED
Gerhard Kupke SED
Alfred Kurella SED deceased on June 12, 1975
Hannelore Kutschenreuter FDJ
Ursula Kutzner CDU
Werner Lamberz SED
Alfred Lange FDJ
Elfriede Lange FDGB
Gerhard Lange CDU
Ilse Lange FDGB
Ingeburg Lange SED
Wolfgang Lange DBD
Renate Lausch FDJ
Ursula Lebelt DBD
Hannelore Lehmann SED Berlin representative
Peter Lekebusch FDJ
Wolfgang Lesser KB
Marlies Leszcynski FDJ
Harri Leupold LDPD Berlin representative
Edith Liebig LDPD on December 14, 1972, for Rep. Ott moved up
Gerhard Lindner LDPD
Johannes Löhn LDPD
Ilse Lorenz DBD
Siegfried Lorenz FDJ
Werner Lorenz KB
Gerhard Lotz CDU
Johanna Ludwig NDPD
Heinz Lüder NDPD
Wolfgang Lungershausen SED
Günter Mähl NDPD Berlin representative
Hans-Jürgen Mannweiller KB
Paul Markowski SED Berlin representative
Heinz Matthes SED
Günter Mauritz SED
Ernst Mecklenburg DBD
Heinrich Meier NDPD
Renate Meißner NDPD
Werner Mennicke SED member since 1965
Else Merke DBD
Sieglinde Metten LDPD on June 19, 1975, for Dept. Sirch moved up
Gerhard Rudolf Meyer KB Berlin representative
Erich Mielke SED
Gudrun Miethig CDU
Günter Mittag SED
Hans Modrow SED Berlin representative
Hans-Dietrich Möller NDPD
Siegfried Mohr SED
Günter Morge LDPD
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt DFD
Erich Mückenberger SED
Emma Müller FDGB
Helmut Müller SED Berlin representative
Herbert Müller DBD
Inge Müller DFD
Joachim Müller FDGB
Margarete Müller FDGB
Margarete Müller SED
Walter Müller SED
Gerhard Münch NDPD
Gerd Natschinski LDPD Berlin representative
Harald Naumann CDU
Konrad Naumann SED Berlin representative
Gudrun Nause DFD
Heinz Neukrantz FDGB
Alfred Neumann SED
Anni Neumann FDGB
Gisela Neumann DFD
Adolf Niggemeier CDU Berlin representative
Edeltraut Nitz DBD
Rolf Noack DBD
Walter Nörenberg LDPD
Albert Norden SED
Peter Offermann CDU
Manfred Oßwald FDJ
Herbert Ott LDPD deceased on September 5, 1972
Friedrich Otto NDPD
Werner Pagel CDU
Walter Parey FDGB
Hans-Joachim Paul LDPD passed away on February 2, 1975
Marga Paulitschke DFD
Heike Pemsel CDU
Hans-Günter Petzold CDU Berlin representative
Friedrich Pfaffenbach NDPD Berlin representative
Ludwig Pfeiffer NDPD
Alfons Piatkowski DBD
Alois Pisnik SED
Rolf Poche SED
Horst Pommerenk LDPD
Eberhard Poppe KB
Rudolf Porschitz NDPD
Georg Porst FDGB
Alois Proksch CDU
Margot Pschebizin FDGB
Otto Püllmann FDGB
Max Putze SED
Bernhard Quandt SED
Helga Rateitzak FDGB
Wolfgang Rauchfuss SED
Helene Rausche LDPD
Eberhard Rebling KB Berlin representative
Horst Rehtanz FDGB
Hans Reichelt DBD
Ute Reiher FDGB
Rosel Reimann FDGB
Sieglinde Reinicke DBD
Manfred Rentsch NDPD
Heike Richter FDJ
Brunhilde Rienecker DFD
Hans Rietz DBD
Renate Ritter DBD
Hans Rodenberg SED
Ilse Rodenberg NDPD Berlin representative
Fritz Rösel FDGB
Christine Rösicke FDJ
Wolfgang Rösser NDPD
Alfred Rohde SED
Paul Roscher SED
Gitta Roschkowski FDJ Berlin representative
Karla Rose CDU
Marianne Roß DBD
Harald Rost SED
Christian-Wilhelm Rowoldt NDPD
Anneliese Sälzler KB
Franz-Josef Salbreiter CDU
Gertrud Sasse LDPD
Paul Saul SED
Horst Schewe SED
Bernd Schindler FDGB
Gregor Schirmer KB
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher DFD
Ursula Schlosser DFD
Anneliese Schmidt DFD
Gerhard Schmidt DBD
Wolfgang Schmidt FDJ
Erhard Schnarrer LDPD
Maria Schneider FDGB
Karl-Heinz Schniebs DBD Berlin representative
Paul Scholz DBD
Max Schreiber FDGB
Bernd Schröder FDJ
Manfred Schröder NDPD
Ingeborg Schubert DFD
Kurt Schubert NDPD
Manfred Schubert SED
Gerhard Schürer SED
Karl-Heinz Schulmeister KB
Rudolph Schulze CDU
Horst Schumann SED
Gustav-Adolf Schur SED
Erika Schweder NDPD
Max Sefrin CDU
Werner Seifert DBD
Hans Seigewasser SED
Anneliese Seume NDPD
Max Seydewitz SED
Rolf Sieber FDGB
Heinz Siebert DBD
Gustav Siemon NDPD Berlin representative
on July 12, 1973, announced that he would hand over his mandate
Rosemarie Sievert LDPD
Käte Sima FDJ Berlin representative
Hans-Heinrich Simon NDPD
Horst Sindermann SED
Rudolf Singer SED
Erna Sirch LDPD resigned on June 19, 1975
Heinz Sock LDPD
Hans-Jürgen Sommer FDJ
Winfried Sonntag SED
Klaus Sorgenicht SED
Rudolph Springer FDGB deceased on January 19, 1973
Ilona Stadtmüller FDJ Berlin representative
Gerd Staegemann NDPD
Karl-Hermann Steinberg CDU
Manfred Steiner DBD
Ursula Steinert CDU
Werner Steuwer LDPD
Albert Stief SED
Willi Stoph SED
Paul Strauß SED
Hans Stubbe KB
Klaus-Dietrich Sturm SED
Rita Szidzick Berlin representative moved up on February 5, 1976
Waltraud Tänzer SED
Siegfried Tannhäuser SED
Bruno Thalmann LDPD Berlin representative died on November 30, 1975
Fritz Thiele DBD
Ilse Thiele DFD
Gerda Thielemann SED on December 3, 1975, for Rep. Kurella moved up
Kurt Thieme SED Berlin representative
Wolfgang Thieme CDU
Guido Thoms SED on December 19, 1973, for Rep. Ewald moved up
Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich DFD Berlin representative
Hans-Manfred Thurm CDU
Harry Tisch SED
Werner Titel DBD died on December 25, 1971
Rosemarie Töpfer DFD
Heinrich Toeplitz CDU
Gottfried Torbicki NDPD
Herbert Trebs CDU
Harry Trumpold LDPD
Fritz Tschetschorke DBD
Walter Ulbricht SED deceased on August 1, 1973
Hans Ulrich NDPD
Dietrich Unangst NDPD
Johannes Unger FDGB
Rolf Unger LDPD
Paul Verner SED
Anni Vogt CDU
Dietrich Voigtberger CDU Berlin representative
Roland Voigtländer DBD
Rudolf Wabersich DBD
Gerhard Wagner LDPD
Werner Walde SED
Hans Waldmann SED on December 3, 1975, for Rep. Winzer moved up
Rosel Walther NDPD
Herbert Warnke SED deceased on April 3, 1975
Hans Watzek DBD
Christine Wedegärtner FDJ
Wolfgang Weichelt SED
Johannes Weidauer NDPD
Ingrid Weigelt DFD
Marta Weigt DFD
Margot Weilert SED on December 19, 1973, for Rep. Ulbricht moved up
Regine Weinhold DFD Berlin representative
Gerhard Weiss SED
Wilhelm Weißgärber DBD
Herbert Weiz SED
Charlotte Welm FDGB
Regina Wenck SED Berlin representative
Anni Wendt CDU
Ruth Wendt SED
Josef Wenig FDGB
Monika Werner SED
Harald Werthmann LDPD Berlin representative
Gerolf Wetzel DBD
Günter Wiedemann LDPD
Hans-Joachim Wiesner SED
Susanne Wigger FDJ
Karin-Christiane Wilhelm CDU
Richard O. Wilhelm LDPD
Gudrun Wilma LDPD Berlin representative
Lisbeth Windisch DFD
Otto Winzer SED deceased on March 3, 1975
Karl-Heinz Wirzberger FDGB deceased on April 23, 1976
Werner Wittig SED deceased on January 8, 1976
Gunter Wittmann FDJ
Ingeborg Wötzel DFD
Günter Wolf FDGB
Manfred Wolf FDGB
Kurt Wünsche LDPD 1972 Resignation of the mandate
Werner Wünschmann CDU
Helmut Wunderlich SED
Stephan Zagrodnik DBD
Gisela Zepp DFD
Herbert Ziegenhahn SED
Heinz Ziegner SED
Brigitte Zenert DFD
Günter Zierold FDGB
Erwin Ziesmann DBD
Friedrich Zirpel LDPD
Hermann Zweigler LDPD

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (6. Wahlperiode); see its history for attribution.

References

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  • Secretariat of the People's Chamber on behalf of the President of the People's Chamber of the GDR (ed.) "The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic: 6th electoral period", Berlin, Staatsverlag der DDR, 1972.