Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic

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government office head of government role

The Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic was the head of government of East Germany, overseeing the Council of Ministers during the state's existence from 1949 to 1990.

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Label Occurrences
Ministerpräsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 2
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic canonical 2
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
head of government role ⓘ
abolitionYear 1990 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Ministerpräsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
appointedBy People's Chamber of the GDR ⓘ
surface form: People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic
capitalOfJurisdiction East Berlin ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed Emblem of East Germany ⓘ
surface form: Emblem of the German Democratic Republic
constitutionalRole head of government ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
dateAbolished 1990-10-03 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1949-10-12 ⓘ
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
firstOfficeholder Otto Grotewohl ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of East Germany ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
inceptionYear 1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction East Germany ⓘ
lastOfficeholder Lothar de Maizière ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1949)

Constitution of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1968)
locatedInTimePeriod 1949–1990 ⓘ
memberOf Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
nativeLabel Ministerpräsident der DDR ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Hans Modrow ⓘ
Horst Sindermann ⓘ
Lothar de Maizière ⓘ
Otto Grotewohl ⓘ
Willi Stoph ⓘ
officeLocation House of the Council of Ministers, East Berlin ⓘ
oversaw Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
partOf Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
surface form: government of the German Democratic Republic
politicalSystemContext one-party dominant system ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
precededBy Soviet Military Administration in Germany ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Military Administration in Germany (as governing authority)
replacedBy Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (for unified Germany)

Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony (for territory now in Saxony) ⓘ
Minister-President of the State of Brandenburg (for territory now in Brandenburg) ⓘ
Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
surface form: Minister-President of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (for territory now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Minister-President of the State of Saxony-Anhalt (for territory now in Saxony-Anhalt) ⓘ
Minister-President of the State of Thuringia (for territory now in Thuringia) ⓘ
reportsTo People's Chamber of the GDR ⓘ
surface form: People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic
residence East Berlin ⓘ
responsibleFor direction of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
implementation of policies of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
termLength not fixed in constitution ⓘ

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Subject: Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic
Description of subject: The Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic was the head of government of East Germany, overseeing the Council of Ministers during the state's existence from 1949 to 1990.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otto Grotewohl → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Otto Grotewohl → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerpräsident der DDR
Lothar de Maizière → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerpräsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR
Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of East Germany
Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic → alsoKnownAs → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerpräsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
Marie Martha Louise Ohst → positionHeld → Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Otto Grotewohl