List of Provisional Volkskammer members

With the founding act of the German Democratic Republic on October 7, 1949, the previously existing German People's Council transformed into the Provisional People's Chamber of the GDR. At 12:45 PM on October 7, during its 9th and final session in the Grand Hall of the German Economic Commission, the German People's Council decided to transform itself into the Provisional People's Chamber of the GDR. At 5:35 PM on the same day, the Provisional People's Chamber was constituted. One of the purposes of this constitution was to enact the Constitution of the GDR into effect.

Composition

Faction	Seats of GDR Deputies	Seats of Deputies from Greater Berlin	Total Seats
SED			96
DBD			15
CDU			46
LDPD			46
NDPD			17
FDGB			30
DFD			10
FDJ			10
Kulturbund			35
Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime			10
Peasants Mutual Aid Association			5
SDA	-	5	5
Cooperatives			5
Total			330

Members of the Presidium of the Provisional People's Chamber

• President
  Johannes Dieckmann (LDPD)
• Deputy President
  Hermann Matern (SED)
  Hugo Hickmann (CDU) until February 1950
  Josef Rambo (CDU)
  August Bach (CDU)
  Jonny Löhr (NDP) until April 1950
  Heinrich Homann (NDP)
• Members
  Herbert Hoffmann (DBD)
  Erich Geske (SDA)
  Friedel Malter (FDGB)
  Friedrich Ebert (SED)
  Elli Schmidt (DFD)

Note: The composition of the Presidium contradicted Article 57 of the Constitution of the GDR dated October 7, 1949. According to this article, only factions with at least 40 deputies would have been allowed to send a representative to the Presidium. Specifically, this would have been the SED, LDPD, and CDU. The differentiation between NDP and DBD is also striking. While the National Democrats received a deputy position, the DBD was only represented by a member. The reason why no other mass organizations were considered except for the DFD and FDGB is not clear.

Faction Leaders

• Faction of the SED
  Hermann Matern
• Faction of the CDU
  August Bach
• Faction of the LDPD
  Ralph Liebler
• Faction of the DBD
  Paul Scholz
• Faction of the NDPD
  Vincenz Müller
• Faction of the FDGB/FDJ/Cooperatives
  Herbert Warnke
• Faction of the Kulturbund/DFD/VVN
  Klaus Gysi
• Faction of the SDA
  August Burde

MPs

Note: A manual or directory in book form for the deputies of the Provisional People's Chamber was not available until November 2017.

Name	Faction	Remarks
Hermann Abendroth	Kulturbund
Alexander Abusch	Kulturbund
Anton Ackermann	SED
Wilhelm Adam	NDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Löhr, announcement on April 19, 1950
Rudolf Agricola	SED
Heinrich Albert	CDU
Rudolf Albrecht	DBD
Friedrich Althans	LDPD
August Bach	CDU
Wilhelm Bachem	CDU
Berta Bähr	DBD
Edith Baumann	SED
Anna Baumann-Schosland	CDU
Johannes R. Becher	Kulturbund
Friedel Becker	cooperatives
Leopold Becker	CDU
Walli Becker	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Munz, announcement on June 28, 1950
Ernst-Walter Beer	DBD
Hilde Benjamin	SED
Reinhold Berger	NDPD	replaced Jakob-Adolf Heilmann, announced on January 18, 1950
Ilse Berghaus	LDPD
Fritz Beyling	VVN
Robert Bieri	SED
Walter Biering	VdgB
Paul Bismark	SED	on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Gertrud Boehm	FDGB	Resignation of mandate in mid-October 1949
Heinz Böttcher	FDGB
Lothar Bolz	NDPD
Ernst Brandt	SED
Helmut Brandt	CDU
Fritz Brauer	CDU
Peter Braun	LDPD
Willi Bredel	Kulturbund
Gertrud Breuer	SED
Werner Brussels	FDJ
Theodor Brugsch	Kulturbund
Werner Bruschke	SED
Theodor Brylla	FDGB
Otto Buchwitz	SED
Hermann Budzislawski	Kulturbund
Kurt Bürger	SED
August Burde	SDA
Gudrun Buske	SED
Gert Caden	Kulturbund
Roman Chwalek	FDGB
Walter Conrad	FDGB
Josef Czimoniak	DBD	Announcement of the resignation on November 9, 1949
Franz Dahlem	SED
Siegfried Dallmann	NDPD
Erich Damerow	LDPD
Magnus Dedek	CDU	moved up on February 22, 1950
Heinrich Deiters	Kulturbund
Georg Dertinger	CDU
Adolf Deter	FDGB
Johannes Dieckmann	LDPD
Fritz Dieke	SED
Ewald Dietrich	LDPD
Rudolf Dominka	FDJ
Friedrich Dordel	SED
Herbert Dulde	LDPD
Margarethe Dyck	LDPD
Hans Eberling	SED
Friedrich Ebert	SED
Werner Eggerath	SED
Gerhart Eisler	SED
Charlotte Eppinger	SED
Luise Ernst	DFD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Nierste, announcement on June 28, 1950
Ruth Fabisch	LDPD
Walter Faesser	LDPD	on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Erich Fascher	CDU	on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Max Fechner	SED
Margot Feist	FDJ
Wilhelm Feldmann	NDPD
Kurt Fischer	SED	deceased on June 22, 1950
Lena Fischer	SED
Joachim Flatau	LDPD
Friedrich Florey	LDPD	in August 1950 fled to the Federal Republic, on September 6, 1950, announcement of the loss of mandate
Erich Frank	LDPD
Otto Freitag	CDU
Hans Freund	VVN
Otto Freyhoff	FDGB
Heinz Fried	VVN
Walter Friedrich	Kulturbund
August Frölich	SED
Heinz Funke	SED
Marta Gäbler	DFD
Hans-Paul Ganter-Gilmans	CDU
Carl Garz	CDU
Karl Geissler	SED
Hermann Gerigk	FDJ
Rose Gerisch	DFD
Manfred Gerlach	FDJ
Heinrich Gerlich	CDU
Ottomar Geschke	VVN
Erich Geske	SDA
Gertrud Glöckner	DFD
Erich Glückauf	SED
Bernhard Göring	FDGB	deceased on December 1, 1949
Gerald Götting	CDU
Arnold Gohr	CDU
Ernst Goldenbaum	DBD
Marianne Goosmann	NDPD	In the spring of 1950 he fled to the Federal Republic of Germany, on June 28, 1950, he announced that he had resigned his mandate
Richard Goschütz	SED
Paul Gräber	SDA
Günter Grell	FDJ	on February 8, 1950, announcement of the resignation, in March 1950 escape to West Berlin
Karl Grobbel	CDU
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw	FDGB	following a decision by the parliamentary group on October 17, 1949, for Deputy Böhm
Anna Großkowiak	FDGB
Otto Grotewohl	SED
Klaus Gysi	Kulturbund
Nelly Haalck	DFD	succeeded in May 1950 for the member of parliament Stark-Wintersig
August Hackelberg	SED
Karl Hamann	LDPD
Georg Handke	SED
Charlotte Haufe	FDGB
Robert Havemann	Kulturbund
Enno Heidebroek	Kulturbund
Friedrich August Heiden	cooperatives
Käthe Heidenberger	CDU
Gerhard Heidenreich	FDJ	moved up for Helmut Kraus, announcement on November 9, 1949
Werner Heilemann	FDGB
Jakob-Adolf Heilmann	NDPD	deceased on December 9, 1949
Peter Heilmann	FDJ
Elisabeth Heinsick	VVN
Hildegard Heinze	SED
Rolf Helm	SED
Leonhard Helmschrott	DBD
Adolf Hennecke	SED
Hermann Henselmann	Kulturbund
Kurt Herrmann	LDPD	died on July 12, 1950
Rudolf Herrnstadt	SED
Ferdinand Hestermann	Kulturbund
Hugo Hickmann	CDU	on February 9, 1950, announcement of the resignation
August Hillebrand	CDU
Wilhelm Höcker	SED
Ernst Hoffmann	SED
Heinrich Hoffmann	SED
Heinz Hoffmann	SED	moved up for the Abgeordneter Kurt Fischer, announcement on August 9, 1950
Herbert Hoffmann	DBD
Heinrich Homann	NDPD
Erich Honecker	FDJ
Erhard Hübener	LDPD
Wilhelm Imhäuser	LDPD	Moved up for the Abgeordneter Schnee, announced March 22, 1950
Rudolf Jahn	FDGB
Hans Jendretzky	SED
Franz Jensch	CDU
Erich Kahle	SED
Richard Kain	SED
Otto Kamps	LDPD
Hermann Kastner	LDPD
Waldemar Katsch	SED
Bernhard Kellermann	Kulturbund
Katharina Kern	DFD
Heinz Kessler	FDJ
Martin Kielblock	LDPD
Ludwig Kirsch	CDU	Announcement of the resignation on November 9, 1949
Hildegard Kirstein	FDGB
Willi Kirsten	CDU
Karl Kleinschmidt	Kulturbund
Klara Kludas	CDU
George Knabe	CDU
Bernard Koenen	SED
Frieda Koenen	SED
Wilhelm Koenen	SED
Walter König	NDPD
Ingo von Koerber	LDPD
Otto Körting	VdgB	Mandate expired in July 1950
Josef Kofler	CDU
Oswald Koltzenburg	NDPD
Richard Kops	SED
Vilmos Korn	NDPD
Helmut Kraus	FDJ	Announced his resignation on November 9, 1949
Kurt Krauspenhaar	SED
Kurt Krenz	SED
Wolfgang Kressner	LDPD	on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation by fleeing to the Federal Republic of Germany
Alfred Kretzschmer	LDPD	fled to the Federal Republic in the summer of 1950, announcement of the loss of the mandate on August 9, 1950
Harald Krieg	LDPD	moved up on February 8 for the Abgeordneter Blacks, fled to West Germany in late summer 1950, on September 6, 1950, announcement of the loss of the mandate
Kurt Kröning	LDPD
Erich Krüger	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Kurt Herrmann, Announcement on August 9, 1950
Ernst Krüger	FDGB
Greta Kuckhoff	SED
Jürgen Kuczynski	Kulturbund
Kurt Kühn	FDGB
Ludwig Kühn	cooperatives
Charlotte Küter	Kulturbund
Franz Lange	cooperatives
Fritz Lange	SED
Wolfgang Langhoff	Kulturbund
Heinrich Lechtenberg	CDU
Ernst Legal	Kulturbund
Arthur Lehmann	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Florey, Announcement September 6, 1950
Helmut Lehmann	SED
Karl Lerche	SED
Bruno Leuschner	SED
Ernst Lewek	VVN
Hermann Libscher	SED
Karl Liebetrau	SED
Ralph Liebler	LDPD
Arthur Lieutenant*	LDPD	escaped to West Berlin in October 1949
Reinhold Lobedanz	CDU
Hans Loch	LDPD
Jonny Lohr	NDPD	Announcement of resignation on April 19, 1950
Ernst Lohagen	SED
Ernst Lorenz	LDPD
Georg Lotz	VdgB
Günther Ludwig	NDPD
Rudolf Maisel	FDGB
Friedel Malter	FDGB
Friedrich Martin	DBD
Gertrud Marx	VVN
Hermann Matern	SED
Johannes Mebus	CDU
Hans Meier	LDPD
Otto Meier	SED
Paul Merker	SED
Alfred Meusel	Kulturbund
Karl Mewis	VVN
Julius Meyer	VVN
Friedrich Möglich	Kulturbund
Otto Möller	NDPD
Otto Moeller	LDPD	died on November 22, 1949
Carl Moltmann	SED
Erich Mückenberger	SED
Alfons Müller	LDPD	Resigned October 11, 1949
Hans Müller	SDA
Hermann Müller	SED
Richard Müller	DBD
Vincenz Müller	NDPD
Ludwig Münz	LDPD	Retired on June 28, 1950
Clare Muth	FDGB
Otto Nagel	Kulturbund
Johannes Nelles	Kulturbund
Ernst Niekisch	Kulturbund
Luise Nierste	DFD	retired on May 1, 1950
Franz Nitt	CDU
Albert Norden	SED
Paul Nowak	CDU
Otto Nuschke	CDU
Fred Oelßner	SED
Josef Orlopp	SED
Emil Otto	FDGB
Herbert Papenfuß	FDGB
Friedrich Pfaffenbach	NDPD
Heinrich Picker	FDGB
Wilhelm Pieck	SED	on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Anton Plenikowski	SED	replaced Paul Bismark on February 22, 1950
Karl Plesse	FDGB
Werner Pöhls	CDU
Karl Polak	SED
Frieda Radel	DFD
Paul Radtke	SED
Josef Rambo*	CDU	on January 18, 1950, moved up for Ludwig Kirsch on September 9, 1950, escaped to West Germany
Heinrich Rau	SED
August Rauer	cooperatives
Käte Reimer	DBD
Hans Reingruber	Kulturbund
Rudi Reinwarth	NDPD
Maria Rentmeister	DFD
Julius Richter	CDU
Paul Richter	LDPD	moved up for Max Suhrbier, announcement on November 9, 1949
Richard Richter	DBD
Günther Rienäcker	Kulturbund
Gerhard Rohner	CDU	In January 1950 he fled to West Germany, on February 9, 1950, the announcement was made that his mandate had expired
Robert Rompe	SED
Berthold Rose	DBD	moved up for Josef Czimoniak, announcement on November 9, 1949
Walter Rübel	CDU
Walter Rücker	CDU
Otto Rühle	NDPD
Carl Günther Ruland	CDU	on February 9, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Willy Rumpf	SED
Ellen Ruschmann	FDGB
Paul Sack	FDGB
Willy Sägebrecht	SED
Victor Sandman	CDU
Gertrud Sasse	LDPD	Moved up for the Abgeordneter War, announced September 6, 1950
Kurt Saupe	SED
Erna Schäfer	CDU
Kurt Schatter	VVN
Heinz Schaumann	SED
Günter Schernbeck	LDPD
Felix Scheffler	DBD	on March 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Eugen Schiffer	LDPD
Rose Schilling	SED
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher	DFD
Artur Schlesinger	LDPD
Hermann Schlimme	FDGB
Elli Schmidt	DFD
Milly Schmidt	LDPD
Richard Schmidt	SED
Eva Schmidt-Kolmer	DFD
Matthias Schnee	LDPD	replaced Alfons Müller on October 11, 1949, announcement of the loss of mandate on February 22, 1950
Georg Schöpflin	SED
Paul Scholz	DBD
Rudolf Scholz	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Wenk, announcement on April 19, 1950
Anneliese Schubert	SED
Alfred Schultheiss	LDPD
Berta Schulze	SED
Otto Schwarz	Kulturbund
Reinhold Schwarz	LDPD
Kurt Schwarze	LDPD	on February 8, 1950, announcement of the resignation due to simultaneous mandate in the state chamber
Rudolf Schwarzer	SED
Herbert Sedlaczek	Kulturbund
Fritz Selbmann	SED
Max Seydewitz	SED
Carl Siebenpfeiffer	CDU
Hans-Joachim Siekiera	LDPD	replaced the deceased Deputy Moeller, announcement on December 7, 1949
Gustav Siemon	NDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Goosmann, announcement on June 28, 1950
Robert Siewert	SED
Bernhard Singer	CDU	moved up on February 22, 1950 relieved of all party offices in June 1950 as a Hickmann supporter
Robert Sommer	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Kressner, announcement on April 19, 1950
Alexander Starck	FDGB	Member from December 1949, replacing Bernhard Göring
Magdalena Stark-Wintersig	DFD	resigned in May 1950
Erwin Steffen	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Kretschmer, announcement on August 9, 1950
Johannes Stefko	LDPD
Luitpold Steidle	CDU
Karl Steinhoff	SED
Peter Alfons Steiniger	Kulturbund
Günter Stempel	LDPD	Arrested in August 1950
Wilhelm von Stoltzenberg	LDPD
Willi Stoph	SED	Replaced Wilhelm Pieck on February 22, 1950
Hans-Gotthilf Strasser	LDPD
Johannes Stroux	Kulturbund
Hans Stubbe	Kulturbund
Max Suhrbier	LDPD	on November 9, 1949, announcement of the resignation due to the simultaneous mandate in the state chamber
Paul Sztob	SED
Herbert Täschner	LDPD	moved up for the Abgeordneter Barrels, announced April 19, 1950
Elisabeth Teichmüller	SED
Johannes Teubert	CDU
Walter Thiem	DBD
Gertrud Thürmer	LDPD
Walter Thürmer	LDPD
Ferdinand Thun	FDJ
Marie Torhorst	SED
Siegfried Trommsdorff	CDU
Johannes Trost	SED
Walter Ulbricht	SED
Wolfgang Ullrich	CDU
Herbert Vahl	DBD	replaced Felix Scheffler, announcement on March 22, 1950
Kurt Vieweg	VdgB
Paul Wandel	SED
Willy Warning	CDU	moved up on February 22, 1950
Herbert Warnke	FDGB
Johannes Warnke	SED
Hermann Waschow	FDGB
Friedrich Wehmer	VdgB
Helene Weigel	Kulturbund
Fritz Weißhaupt	DBD
Erna Wenk	LDPD	March 1950 Expulsion from all offices, on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation
Gustav-Adolf Werner	SDA
Paul Wessel	SED
Herbert Wetzstein	LDPD
Werner Winkler	FDGB
Gustav Wirth	SED
Hans Wittenburg	CDU
Adam Wolfram	FDGB
Frieda Wollermann-Köckeritz	SED
Joseph Wujciak	CDU
Alfred Wonderful	NDPD
Richard Zänkner	FDGB
Wilhelm Zaisser	SED
Leo Zuckermann	SED
Arnold Zweig	Kulturbund

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

External links

• Protokolle der Provisorischen Volkskammer