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Otto Grotewohl
Grotewohl in 1964
Chairman of the Council of Ministers[a]
In office 12 October 1949 – 21 September 1964
Head of state
Wilhelm Pieck
Walter Ulbricht
First Deputy
Walter Ulbricht
Willi Stoph
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Willi Stoph
Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party
In office 22 April 1946 – 25 July 1950
Serving with Wilhelm Pieck
Deputy
Walter Ulbricht
Max Fechner
Preceded by
himself(as Co-Chairman of the Central Committee of the SPD)
Succeeded by
Walter Ulbricht (as General Secretary)
Chairman of the Central Committee of the SPD
In office 15 June 1945 – 22 April 1946
Serving with Erich Gniffke, Max Fechner
Preceded by
Hans Vogel (as Chairman of the Sopade)
Succeeded by
himself(as Co-Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party)
Free State of Brunswick Government
Minister of Justice of the Free State of Brunswick
In office 13 February 1923 – 24 December 1924
Minister-President
Heinrich Jasper
Preceded by
Ewald Vogtherr
Succeeded by
Johannes Lieff
In office 28 March 1922 – 23 May 1922
Minister-President
Otto Antrick
Preceded by
August Junke
Succeeded by
Heinrich Jasper (acting)
Minister of Public Education of the Free State of Brunswick
In office 25 November 1920 – 23 May 1922
Minister-President
Sepp Oerter
August Junke
Otto Antrick
Preceded by
Sepp Oerter (acting)
Succeeded by
Rudolf Kaefer
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer
In office 18 March 1948 – 21 September 1964
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Eberhard Alff (1965)
Member of the Reichstag for Südhannover-Braunschweig
In office 31 October 1925 – 31 March 1933
Preceded by
Elise Bartels
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Member of the Landtag of the Free State of Brunswick
In office 22 June 1920 – 1926
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
Robert Oppermann
Personal details
Born
Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl
(1894-03-11)11 March 1894 Braunschweig, Duchy of Braunschweig, German Empire (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died
21 September 1964(1964-09-21) (aged 70) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party
Socialist Unity Party (1946–1964)
Other political affiliations
Social Democratic Party (1912–1918; 1922–1946) Independent Social Democratic Party (1918–1922)
Spouse
Marie Martha Louise
Children
2
Occupation
Politician
Printer
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Army
Unit
137th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I
Central institution membership
1949–1964: Full member, Politburo of the Central Committee
1946–1964: Full member, Central Committee[note 1]
Other offices held
1960–1964: Deputy Chairman, State Council
1960–1964: Member, State Council
1960–1964: Member, National Defence Council
Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (German pronunciation:[ˈɔtoːˈɡʁoːtəvoːl]; 11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in September 1964.
Grotewohl was a Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician in the Free State of Brunswick during the Weimar Republic and leader of the party branch in the Soviet Occupation Zone after World War II. Grotewohl led the SPD's merger with the Communist Party (KPD) to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 and served as co-chairman of the party with KPD leader Wilhelm Pieck until 1950. Grotewohl chaired the Council of Ministers after the establishment of the GDR in 1949 and served as the de jure head of government under First Secretary Walter Ulbricht until his death in 1964.
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