List of members of the fourth Volkskammer

This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 4th legislative period (1963–1967).

Composition

In the 1963 East German general election, according to official information, 99.95% of the voters voted for the proposal of the National Front of the German Democratic Republic.

<small> The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their size was predetermined. Through a new electoral law, the number of deputy mandates was increased to 500. The VdgB no longer formed a faction. </small>

Presidium

• President of the People's Chamber<br />Johannes Dieckmann (LDPD)
• Deputy President of the People's Chamber<br />Hermann Matern (SED)
• Members of the Presidium:<br />August Bach (CDU) <small>Deceased in 1966</small><br />Hermann Kalb (CDU)<br />Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD)<br />Otto Gotsche (SED)<br />Ernst Goldenbaum (DBD)<br />Grete Groh-Kummerlöw (FDGB)<br />Jonny Löhr (NDPD)

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Faction Leaders

• Faction of the SED<br />Hermann Matern
• Faction of the DBD<br />Leonhard Helmschrott
• Faction of the CDU<br />Wolfgang Heyl
• Faction of the LDPD<br />Rudolf Agsten
• Faction of the NDPD<br />Wolfgang Rösser
• Faction of the FDGB<br />Rudolf Kirchner <small>until 1965</small><br />Hans Jendretzky
• Faction of the DFD<br />Katharina Kern
• Faction of the FDJ<br />Helmut Müller
• Faction of the Kulturbund<br />Erich Wendt <small>until 1965</small><br />Karl-Heinz Schulmeister

Members of the Volkskammer

Literature

• Secretariat of the People's Chamber on behalf of the President of the People's Chamber of the GDR (Ed.) Die Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik: 4. Wahlperiode. Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1964.
• Günther Buch: Namen und Daten wichtiger Personen der DDR. 3rd revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-8012-0081-7.

References