List of Volkskammer members (7th election period)

This list provides an overview of all the members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 7th legislative period (1976–1981).

Composition edit

In the 1976 Volkskammer election, according to official data, 99.86% of voters cast their votes in favor of the nomination proposed by the National Front.

Faction Seats[1] by Party Affiliation
SED 127
DBD 52
CDU 52
LDPD 52
NDPD 52
FDGB 68
DFD 35
FDJ 40
KB 22
Independent
Total 500 500

The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their sizes were predetermined. The party affiliations of the members of the FDGB, DFD, FDJ, and Kulturbund factions are reflected in the rightmost column of the above table.

Presidium edit

Faction Leaders edit

Deputies edit

Name Faction Remarks
Joseph Sacrifice DBD
Alexander Abusch KB
Rudolf Agsten LDPD faction leader
Lutz Ahnfeld FDJ
Erika Albrecht FDGB
Hans Albrecht SED
Kurt Anclam LDPD
Manfred von Ardenne KB
Otto Arndt SED
Elke Arnold CDU
Klaus-Rüdiger Arnold FDGB
Erhard Assmann FDGB
Hermann Axen SED
Wolfgang Baatz CDU
Heidi Bardölke FDJ
Helga Perch DFD
Dieter Bartelt SED
Manfred Becher DBD
Edelgard Becker DBD
Christel Bednareck FDGB
Friedl Behnke FDGB
Bärbel Behrens CDU
Petra Belitz FDGB
Bruno Benthien LDPD
Wiete Bergmann FDGB
Kurt Bernheiden NDPD
Bernd Beyer DBD
Wolfgang Beyreuther FDGB
Ewald Bialas FDGB
Petra Biermann FDJ
Heinz Böhm CDU
Siegfried Böhm SED deceased on May 5, 1980
Günter Böhme FDJ faction leader
Reinhard Bolduan SED
Walter Boltz DBD
Lothar Bolt NDPD
Alois Groom SED
Horst Brasch SED
Ellen Brombacher FDJ
Christoph Brückner LDPD
Günter Chest LDPD
Monika Book FDGB
Hermann Budzislawski FDGB deceased on April 28, 1978
Kornelia Burigk FDJ
Lothar Burkhardt SED on October 13, 1978, for Rep. Lamberz moved up
Johannes Chemnitzer SED
Gerhard Claussner SED
Manfred Clauss SED
Erich Correns KB deceased on May 18, 1981
Ursula Czeczot CDU passed away on February 6, 1980
Georg Czerwenka KB
Siegfried Dallmann NDPD faction leader
Hans Deckert NDPD
Gerd Delenschke NDPD
Friedrich Dickel SED
Regine Dietze FDGB
Horst Döll NDPD
Horst Dohlus SED
Konrad Dorow FDGB
Heinz Dreblow SED
Gertraud Dreihardt DFD
Paul Eberle LDPD
Friedrich Ebert SED died on December 4, 1979
Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Harry Eckardt FDGB
Herbert Eichhorn DBD
Heinz Eichler SED Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Ludwig Elm KB
Klaus Elsner DBD
Gottfried Engelmann LDPD
Albert Widow FDGB
Elisabeth Erdmann NDPD
Luise Ermisch SED
Heino Ernst FDGB
Manfred Ewald SED
Ulrich Fahl CDU
Heinz Fahrenkrog FDGB
Herbert Fechner SED
Werner Feist LDPD
Werner Felfe SED
Kurt Fenske SED
Ursula Fevery FDJ
Otto Fiedler DBD
Horst Fischer NDPD
Oscar Fisherman SED
Manfred Flegel NDPD
Peter Florin SED
Helga Freiberg NDPD
Heinz Customer SED
Ana-Maria Freyer DFD
Gisela Fuchs DFD
Friedel Fuckel DFD
Lisbeth Füßler DBD
Otto Funke SED
Uwe Gajewski FDJ
Heinz Genus FDGB
Dieter Gaudian SED
Helmut Geiger CDU
Manfred Gerlach LDPD
Horst Gessner LDPD
Joachim-Ernst Bacon LDPD
Anita Glasses FDGB
Olga Shine LDPD
Grete Faith FDGB
Siegfried Hunchback SED
Gerald Götting CDU Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Ernst Goldenbaum DBD
Willi Grandetzka DBD deceased on April 14, 1979
Alfred Grandke LDPD
Liselotte Gretzschel SED passed away on October 28, 1976
Günther Grewe CDU
Roberta Gropper FDGB
Ines Penny CDU
Manfred Grossmann FDGB
Gerhard Grüneberg SED deceased on April 10, 1981
Erich Grützner SED
Manfred reason LDPD
Gabriele Günther FDJ
Klaus Gysi KB
Susanne Häber DBD
Hans Hartel FDJ
Anita Häußler SED
Kurt Hager SED
Erika Rooster LDPD
Ruth Hahn DFD
Walter half knight SED
Wolfram Haller CDU
Irmgard Haltinner SED
Sigrid Hamann CDU
Gero Hammer NDPD
Emmy Handke DFD
George Handrick SED on April 7, 1977, for Dept. Gretzschel moved up
Brunhilde Hanke SED
Martin Hanke SED
Siegfried Hanusch FDGB
Gertrud Hartmann DBD
Günter Hartmann NDPD
Walter Hartung NDPD
Thea Hauschild SED
Horst Heinrich NDPD
Horst Heintze FDGB
Günther Heinze FDGB
Gerda Heller LDPD
Leonhard Helmet Junk DBD faction leader
Klara Helmtraut DFD
Egon Hengelhaupt FDGB
Karlheinz Hengst NDPD
Waltraut Hennig LDPD
Anneliese Hennlich CDU
Johannes Inherits CDU
Lieselott Herforth FDGB
Wolfgang Herger FDJ
Erhard Herrmann FDJ
Joachim Herrmann SED
Hans-Joachim Hertwig SED
Edith Herzig DBD
Hans-Joachim Heusinger LDPD
Wolfgang Heyl CDU Group Chairman
Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Wolfgang Hinz DBD
Heino Hinze KB
Annelotte High-rise DFD
Martina Hönicke FDGB
Friedrich Höpfner LDPD
Elisabeth Höpner FDGB
Rudolf Höppner FDGB
Ruth Höwe DBD
Anni Hoffmann SED
Hans-Joachim Hoffmann KB
Heinz Hoffmann SED
Heinz-Rudolf Hoffmann CDU deceased on November 2, 1978
Erna Hofmann FDGB
Heinz Hofmann KB Berlin representative
on October 13, 1978, for the deputy G. R. Meyer moved up
Sabine Hofmann FDGB
Christa Hojer CDU
Witho Holland LDPD
Gerhard Holtz-Baumert KB
Heinrich Homann NDPD
Erich Honecker SED
Margot Honecker SED
Horst Hornung FDGB
Heinz Hoßfeld FDGB
Claus Howitz DBD
Claus-Jürgen Yikes NDPD
Max Hübner FDGB
Helga Isenberg LDPD
Barbara Jacob FDGB
Karl Jäger DBD
Bernhard Jahn LDPD
Günther Jahn SED
Werner Jarowinsky SED
Christa Jauch LDPD
Hans Jendretzky FDGB faction leader
Ulrike Jereschinski NDPD
Hertha Jung DFD
Wolfgang Junker SED
Ingeborg Stove FDGB
Erich Kärger DBD
Susanne Kahlert DFD
Elfi Emperor CDU
Siegfried Kaiser FDGB
Hermann Calf CDU
Werner Kalweit SED
Susi Kammerath SED
Werner Karwath CDU
Christa Kaufhold CDU on July 3, 1980, for Dept. Hired up
Karl Kayser KB
Willi Keindorf SED
Catherine Core DFD faction leader
Doris Kersten DFD
Heinz Keßler SED
Bruno Kiesler SED
Friedrich Child CDU
Werner Kirchhoff SED
Franz Kirchner CDU
Ruth Kirsch SED
Ronald Kirschner FDJ
Günther Kleiber SED
Helmut Klein SED
Volker Klemm NDPD
Gottfried Klepel CDU
Eveline Klett DFD
Marianne Klettke FDJ
Heinz Kliemt LDPD
Wilfried Klöser FDGB
Lucie Knobloch DBD
Claus-Dieter Knöfler LDPD
Heinz Knorr NDPD
Hans Koch KB
Karin King NDPD
Erwin Körber DBD
Lothar Kolbe CDU passed away on February 7, 1979
Elvira Kollatz FDJ
Willi-Peter Konzok LDPD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Michael Koplanski DBD
Dorothea Kowalski FDJ
Erhard Krack SED
Edda Kramer DFD
Erwin Kramer SED deceased on November 10, 1979
Heinz Kratkey NDPD
Gerhard Krause FDGB on October 13, 1978, for Rep. Budzislawski moved up
Rosemarie Krautzig CDU
Heather Rose Top LDPD
Egon Krenz FDJ Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Kurt Krenz SED deceased on November 23, 1978
Walter Cress SED
Horst Cretan NDPD
Waldemar Kreutzberger NDPD
Werner Krolikowski SED
Liesbeth Krüger SED
Eleonore Cook DBD
Dietmar Küchler FDJ
Hermann Kühne DBD
Heinz Kuhrig SED
Traude Kunz SED
Gerhard Kupke SED
Ingrid Kurzke SED
Ursula Kutzner CDU
Helga Labs FDJ
Werner Lamberz SED deceased March 6, 1978; Helicopter crash in Libya
Elfriede Lange FDGB
Ilse Lange FDGB
Ingeburg Lange SED
Renate Eavesdrop FDJ
Ursula Lebelt DBD
Wolfgang Lesser KB
Harri Leupold LDPD
Helmut Liebert FDGB
Dagmar Liebscher NDPD
Gustav Liepack SED on October 13, 1978, for Rep. Rodenberg moved up
Gerhard Lindner LDPD
Elke Löbl FDGB
Siegfried Löffler CDU
Johannes Löhn LDPD
Erhard Lonscher NDPD
Siegfried Lorenz SED
Werner Lorenz KB
Johanna Ludwig NDPD
Heinz Lüder NDPD
Wolfgang Lungershausen SED
Martin Maassen LDPD
Günter Mähl NDPD
Paul Markowski SED Berlin representative died on March 6, 1978; Helicopter crash in Libya
Roland Materna DBD on December 21, 1979, for Rep. Grandetzka moved up
Heinz Matthes SED
Ernst Mecklenburg DBD
Heidemarie Mehnert SED
Heinrich Meier NDPD
Rosemarie Meier FDGB
Jürgen Meißner DBD
Werner Mennicke SED
Else Brand DBD
Sieglinde Metten LDPD
Gerhard Rudolf Meyer KB passed away on October 24, 1977
Gottfried Meyer CDU
Erich Mielke SED
Gudrun Miethig CDU resigned on July 3, 1980
Günter Lunch SED
Hartmut Mitzenheim CDU
Hans Modrow SED
Annegret Möller FDGB
Hans-Dietrich Möller NDPD
Günter Morning LDPD
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt DFD
Erich Mückenberger SED from 1979 parliamentary group leader
member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Manfred Mühlmann NDPD
Anita Müller FDGB
Emma Müller FDGB
Inge Müller DFD
Margarete Müller FDGB
Margarete Müller SED
Gerhard Münch NDPD
Karl-Heinz Nadler SED
Gerd Natschinski LDPD
Harald Naumann CDU
Konrad Naumann SED
Wolfgang Naumann NDPD
Gudrun Nause DFD
Heinz Neukrantz FDGB
Alfred Neumann SED
Years Neumann FDGB
Gisela Neumann DFD
Sigrid Neumann SED
Karlheinz Niedermeier FDGB
Adolf Niggemeier CDU
Rolf Noack DBD
Walter Nörenberg LDPD
Albert North SED
Friedrich Otto NDPD
Engelbert Pade FDGB
Werner Pagel CDU
Antje Cardboard FDJ
Walter Parey FDGB
Marga Paulitschke DFD
Heike Pemsel CDU
Hans-Günter Petzold CDU
Friedrich Pfaffenbach NDPD
Ludwig Pfeiffer NDPD
Alfons Piatkowski DBD
Renate Pischel DBD
Alois Pisnik SED
Rolf Poche SED
Wilma Podewin KB
Horst Pommerenk LDPD
Manfred Poneß LDPD
Eberhard Poppe KB
Rudolf Porschitz NDPD
Alois Proksch CDU
Margot Pschebizin FDGB
Max Cleaning SED
Bernhard Quandt SED
Detlef Radke FDGB
Claus Rank DBD
Sieglinde Rappsilber FDGB
Helga Rateitzak FDGB
Wolfgang Rauchfuss SED
Eberhard Rebling KB
Horst Rehtanz FDGB
Hans Reichelt DBD
Regine Reichhardt DFD
ute heron FDGB
Rainer Reisner FDJ
Manfred Rentsch NDPD
Heike Judge FDJ
Brunhilde Rienecker DFD
Hans Rietz DBD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Renate Knight DBD
Hans Rodenberg SED deceased on March 7, 1978
Ilse Rodenberg NDPD
Fritz Rösel FDGB
Wolfgang Rosser NDPD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Doris Röwe FDJ
Alfred Rohde SED
Jürgen Roloff SED
Paul Roscher SED
Karla Rose CDU
Marianne Ross DBD
Harald Rost SED
Jutta Rupprich FDJ
Anneliese Sälzler KB
Franz-Josef Salbreiter CDU
Gertrud Sasse LDPD
Paul Saul SED
Elfriede Schindler NDPD
Gregor Schirmer KB
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher DFD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Susanne Schlemm FDJ
Ursula Schlosser DFD
Anneliese Schmidt DFD
Gerhard Schmidt DBD
Ursula Schmiedel FDJ
Erhard Schnarrer LDPD
Burkhard Snow White CDU
Dorothea Schneider CDU on July 3, 1980, for Dept. Czeczot moved up
Horst Schönfelder CDU on June 28, 1979, for Rep. Kolbe moved up
Wolfgang Schönfeldt FDJ
Paul Scholz DBD
Walter Scholz SED
Max scribe FDGB
Ingeborg Schubert DFD
Kurt Schubert NDPD
Manfred Schubert SED
Winfried Schubert FDJ
Gerhard Schürer SED
Karl-Heinz Schoolmaster KB Group Chairman
Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Joachim Schultz NDPD
Gudrun Schulz LDPD
Rudolph Schulze CDU
Horst Schumann SED
Gustav-Adolf Schur SED
Erika Swede NDPD
Ekkehard Schweitzer NDPD
Max Sefrin CDU
Kristine Sehl FDJ
Werner Seifert DBD
Hans Seawater SED passed away on October 18, 1979
Max Seydewitz SED
Rosemarie Sievert LDPD
Kate Sima FDJ
Hans-Heinrich Simon NDPD
Horst Sindermann SED
Rudolf Singer SED deceased on November 1, 1980
William Custom KB
Günther Fiddler SED on July 3, 1980, for Rep. Ebert moved up
Werner Skunde DBD
Ilona Slupianek FDJ
Heinz Sock LDPD
Reinhard Sommer FDGB
Klaus Sorgenicht SED
Roland Mirror SED on July 3, 1980, for Rep. Seigewasser moved up
Gerhard Springer LDPD
Siegfried Staff SED on July 3, 1980, for Rep. Kramer moved up
Gerd Staegemann NDPD
Otfried Steger SED
Karl-Hermann Steinberg CDU
Manfred Steiner DBD
Albert Step SED
Willi Stoph SED
Paul Strauß SED
His Stubbe KB
Rita Szidzick SED
Siegfried Tannhäuser SED
Ilse Thiele DFD
Gerda Thielemann SED
Kurt Thieme SED
Wolfgang Thieme CDU
Klaus-Dieter Thiemes DBD
Evelyn Thoese FDJ
Guido Thoms SED
Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich DFD
Hans-Manfred Tower CDU
Ernst Timm SED
Harry Table SED
Johanna Töpfer FDGB Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Rosemarie Töpfer DFD
Heinrich Toeplitz CDU
Hannelore Tomaschek CDU
Gottfried Torbicki NDPD
Renate Triebel DFD
Harry Trumpold LDPD
Fritz Chechorke DBD
Dietrich Afraid NDPD
Johannes Unger FDGB
Rolf Unger LDPD
Paul Verner SED
Renate Viehrig FDJ
Ursula Völkner DFD
Years Vogt CDU
Ellen Voigt FDGB
Dietrich Voigtberger CDU
Roland Voigtländer DBD
Rudolf Wabersich DBD
Werner Walde SED
Erika Waldhauer FDGB
Hans Waldmann SED
Rosel Walther NDPD
Albert Wappler FDGB
Hans Watzek DBD
Wolfgang Weichelt SED
Johannes Weidauer NDPD
Marta Weigt DFD
Margot Weilert SED
Rainer Weinitschke FDJ
Gerhard Weiss SED
Wilhelm Weissgarber DBD
Herbert Weiz SED
Charlotte Welm FDGB
Gert Wendelborn CDU
Ruth Wendt SED
Josef Little FDGB
Karl-Heinz Werner DBD
Monika Werner SED
Harald Werthmann LDPD
Gerolf Wetzel DBD
Ruth Weyh LDPD
Günter Wiedemann LDPD
Gerda Wiefel SED on June 28, 1979, for Rep. K. Krenz moved up
Hans Wiesner SED
Christine Wieynk CDU
Karin-Christiane Wilhelm CDU
Richard O. Wilhelm LDPD
Egon Winkelmann SED Berlin representative
on December 15, 1978, for the deputy Markowski moved up
Ingeborg Wötzel DFD
Manfred Wolf FDGB
Lothar Wolter LDPD
Ingrid Wishes FDJ
Werner Wünschmann CDU
Stephan Gardier DBD
Gisela Zepp DFD
Herbert Goatcock SED
Heinz Ziegner SED
Brigitte Zenert DFD
Günter Zierold FDGB
Johannes Zillig CDU on June 28, 1979, for Rep. MR. Hoffmann moved up
Christel Zillmann FDJ
Jörg Zirzow FDJ
Dieter Zwer 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 (7. Wahlperiode); see its history for attribution.

Sources edit

  • 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: 7th electoral period". State publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1977.

References edit

  1. ^ Starting from this legislative period, the deputies from Berlin were no longer separately marked in the handbook. Only in the election law of June 24th, 1976, § 7 still mentioned that the capital of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin, sends 66 representatives.