List of members of the eighth Volkskammer

This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 8th legislative period (1981–1986).

Composition

According to official data, in the 1981 People's Chamber election, 99.86% of voters cast their votes for the nomination proposed by the National Front.

<small>The election did not impact the strength of the factions; their sizes were predetermined. The right column of the above table reflects the party affiliations of the members within the FDGB, DFD, FDJ, and Kulturbund factions.</small>

Presidium

• President of the People's Chamber<br />Horst Sindermann (SED)
• Deputy President of the People's Chamber<br />Gerald Götting (CDU)
• Members of the Presidium:<br />Willi-Peter Konzok (LDPD)<br />Rudolf Agsten (LDPD) <small>from 1983</small><br />Wolfgang Heyl (CDU)<br />Erich Mückenberger (SED)<br />Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD)<br />Heinz Eichler (SED)<br />Karl-Heinz Schulmeister (Kulturbund)<br />Ernst Mecklenburg (DBD)<br />Rudi Rothe (DBD) <small>from 1982</small><br />Werner Heilemann (FDGB)<br />Eberhard Aurich (FDJ)<br />Wolfgang Rösser (NDPD)

Faction Leaders

• SED Faction<br />Erich Mückenberger
• DBD Faction<br />Leonhard Helmschrott
• CDU Faction<br />Wolfgang Heyl
• LDPD Faction<br />Rudolf Agsten
• NDPD Faction<br />Siegfried Dallmann
• FDGB Faction<br />Hans Jendretzky
• DFD Faction<br />Katharina Kern<br />Eva Rohmann <small>(from 1984)</small>
• FDJ Faction<br />Günter Böhme <small>(until 1982)</small><br />Hans-Joachim Willerding <small>(from 1982)</small>
• KB Faction<br />Karl-Heinz Schulmeister, Kulturbund

MPs

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