The First cabinet of Otto Grotewohl, also known as the Provisional Government of the GDR, was formed by a law on the government of the GDR (passed by the Provisional People's Chamber) on October 7, 1949. According to the law, members of the government were: the prime minister, his 3 deputies and his 14 ministers. The number of ministers would increase to 15 after the State Security Department was elevated to a ministry by the Law on the Formation of a Ministry for State Security of February 8, 1950). It existed until November 7, 1950, after which the Council of Ministers became the government of the GDR as the Second cabinet of Otto Grotewohl.
Ministries The government consisted of:
Ministry-level Committees
References
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Wer war wer in der DDR? Georg Dertinger Carl Steinhoff: erster DDR-Innenminister : Wandlungen eines bürgerlichen Sozialisten / Lutz Maeke
Gesetz über die Regierung der DDR: Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018 Gesetz über die Bildung eines Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit: http://www.verfassungen.de/de/ddr/mfsbildung50.htm Online-Veröffentlichung, retrieved 10 January 2018.