Christian Democratic Union of Germany (East)
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (East)
Gerald Götting
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1923; d. May 19 2015.
1966 – 1989
Democratic Farmers’ Party of Germany
Leader of the Democratic Farmers’ Party of Germany
Günther Maleuda
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1931; d. July 18 2012.
1987 – 1990
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
Wilhelm Külz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1875; d. April 10 1948.
1945 – 1948
Max Suhrbier
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1902; d. January 16 1971.
1960 – 1967
Manfred Gerlach
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1928; d. October 17 2011.
1967 – 1990
Rainer Ortleb
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1944.
1990
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1912; d. May 29 1994.
1971 – 1989
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1937.
1989
Gregor Florian Gysi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1948.
1989
Head of the Department of Agitation of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Hans Modrow
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1928; d. February 10 2023.
1971 – 1973
Günter Schabowski
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1929; d. November 1 2015.
1989