Table of contents

1 General Secretaries of the SED (Socialist Unity Party), 1946-1989 2 Presidents of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1960 3 Chairmen of the Council of State of the German Democratic Republic, 1960-1990 4 Presidents of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 1990

General Secretaries of the SED (Socialist Unity Party), 1946-1989

• Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl (co-chairmen): 22 April 1946 - 25 July 1950
• Walter Ulbricht: 25 July 1950 - 3 May 1971
• Erich Honecker: 3 May 1971 - 18 October 1989
• Egon Krenz: 18 October - 3 December 1989

• Johannes Dieckmann (acting): 7 - 11 October 1949
• Wilhelm Pieck: 11 October 1949 - 7 September 1960
• Johannes Dieckmann (acting): 7 - 12 September 1960

• Walter Ulbricht: 12 September 1960 - 1 August 1973
• Friedrich Ebert (acting): 1 August - 3 October 1973
• Willi Stoph: 3 October 1973 - 29 October 1976
• Erich Honecker: 29 October 1976 - 24 October 1989
• Egon Krenz: 24 October - 6 December 1989
• Manfred Gerlach (acting): 6 December 1989 - 5 April 1990