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.

Faction Seats of GDR deputies Seats of Berlin representatives Total seats by party affiliation SED 11017 127 DBD 45752 CDU 457 52 LDPD 45752 NDPD 457 52 FDGB 608 68 – DFD 305 35 – FDJ 355 40 – Kulturbund 15322 – Independent Total 43466500

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.

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

Source:Compare Herbst, Andreas / Ranke, Winfried / Winkler, Jürgen: So funktionierte die DDR. Band 1: Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen A - L. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994

Faction Leaders Faction of the SEDHermann Matern Faction of the DBDLeonhard Helmschrott Faction of the CDUWolfgang Heyl Faction of the LDPDRudolf Agsten Faction of the NDPDWolfgang Rösser Faction of the FDGBRudolf Kirchner until 1965Hans Jendretzky Faction of the DFDKatharina Kern Faction of the FDJHelmut Müller Faction of the KulturbundErich Wendt until 1965Karl-Heinz Schulmeister

Members of the Volkskammer

Name Faction Remarks KB CDU LDPD faction leader SED on January 13, 1965, for the Dept. Grotewohl moved up CDU SED deceased on December 3, 1965 KB DBD SED LDPD SED CDU died on March 23, 1966Chairman of the parliamentary group LDPD SED NDPD SED Berlin representative CDU FDJ SED FDGB SED CDU Berlin representative FDGB DBD FDGB SED Berlin representative DFD SED SED FDJ married Helga Ewert NDPD KB on December 20, 1965, for Rep. Wendt moved up SED Berlin representative SED FDJ SED SED died on October 27, 1964 SED on November 14, 1963, for Rep. Polak moved up FDJ Berlin representative SED died on July 9, 1964 FDGB FDGB DBD LDPD SED SED KB DBD SED NDPD NDPD FDGB NDPD Berlin representative LDPD President of the People's Chamber FDGB DFD CDU NDPD FDGB NDPD Berlin representative FDGB Berlin representative CDU Berlin representative LDPD Berlin representative SED SED FDGB Berlin representative FDGB Berlin representative SED SED SED SED CDU DBD Berlin representative LDPD relieved of his mandate on January 21, 1966, at his own request FDJ NDPD CDU SED NDPD SED on September 1, 1964, for the Dept. Otto Buchwitz moved up NDPD FDGB DFD SED Berlin representative died on May 14, 1967 FDJ Berlin representative SED DFD LDPD DFD FDGB SED SED FDGB DBD NDPD FDJ FDGB FDGB FDGB LDPD LDPD LDPD Berlin representative DBD DBD Berlin representative FDGB CDU DBD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber SED Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber DBD CDU SED Berlin representative FDGB Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber SED Berlin representative FDGB Berlin representative LDPD FDGB SED deceased on September 21, 1964 SED SED DBD FDGB CDU FDGB DBD FDGB DBD DBD CDU SED Berlin representative SED DFD LDPD CDU DBD FDJ DFD Berlin representative SED CDU DBD NDPD FDGB LDPD CDU FDGB NDPD SED NDPD CDU FDGB FDGB DBD faction leader LDPD SED FDGB FDGB FDGB LDPD CDU faction leader SED Resigned from office on December 20, 1965 NDPD DFD LDPD FDGB CDU SED SED Berlin representative SED CDU Berlin representativeon September 13, 1965, for the deputy Rösner moved up KB FDGB CDU FDGB LDPD Berlin representative CDU Berlin representative NDPD SED LDPD DFD FDGB NDPD FDGB FDGB DFD FDJ CDU SED Berlin representative SED SED FDGB from December 20, 1965, parliamentary group leader LDPD CDU KB Berlin representative DFD Berlin representative DBD DFD CDU from 1966 member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber SED Berlin representative DFD FDGB DBD CDU KB NDPD LDPD DFD faction leader SED FDJ SED Berlin representative died on December 29, 1966 LDPD SED SED CDU FDGB faction leader SED FDGB DFD Berlin representative KB SED CDU DFD FDGB LDPD KB SED deceased on April 30, 1964 DBD Berlin representative NDPD CDU LDPD LDPD Berlin representative FDJ FDJ SED FDGB SED Resigned from office on March 16, 1966 DBD DBD Berlin representative LDPD SED SED NDPD FDJ SED FDGB CDU LDPD SED Berlin representative SED on March 16, 1966, for Rep. Kraus moved up SED SED SED DBD CDU SED on January 21, 1966, for Rep. Himpel moved up CDU FDGB SED DBD Berlin representative LDPD FDJ LDPD CDU NDPD FDGB LDPD Berlin representative SED died on February 10, 1965 LDPD LDPD NDPD Member of the Presidium of the People's ChamberBerlin representative SED DBD FDJ Berlin representative SED SED CDU NDPD SED FDGB NDPD FDGB DBD SED FDJ LDPD SED NDPD Resignation of mandate on September 1, 1966 DBD Berlin representative SED Deputy President of the People's ChamberChairman of the parliamentary group SED CDU SED LDPD Resignation of mandate on October 13, 1966 NDPD NDPD NDPD SED on September 13, 1965, for Rep. Leuschner moved up DBD CDU DFD NDPD Berlin representative SED SED DFD SED Berlin representative CDU FDGB DFD SED FDGB SED Berlin representative FDJ faction leader DBD FDGB SED SED NDPD DFD FDJ FDGB relieved of his mandate on November 3, 1965, at his own request KB FDGB Berlin representative SED FDGB FDJ FDJ SED SED Resignation of mandate on February 20, 1967 KB FDJ Berlin representative KB DFD FDJ Berlin representative LDPD on January 21, 1966, for Dept. Fiege moved up DBD DBD FDGB on November 3, 1965, for the Dept. Neike moved up LDPD LDPD NDPD NDPD CDU Berlin representative NDPD Berlin representative CDU NDPD LDPD DFD DBD SED SED SED FDJ KB NDPD died on October 27, 1963 NDPD FDGB DBD FDGB LDPD on October 13, 1966, for Rep. Mechler moved up SED SED LDPD SED SED CDU KB Berlin representative CDU FDGB FDJ DBD FDJ SED FDJ FDJ CDU SED DBD LDPD SED NDPD Berlin representative CDU Berlin representative died on October 25, 1964 NDPD faction leader SED DBD DBD NDPD NDPD SED LDPD SED CDU FDGB DBD DBD KB FDGB SED KB DFD Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber NDPD FDGB NDPD SED DFD DFD CDU DFD Berlin representative SED Berlin representative SED FDJ FDJ SED LDPD DBD DBD NDPD CDU KB from December 20, 1965, parliamentary group leader SED Berlin representative FDJ CDU FDJ FDJ LDPD NDPD CDU SED SED NDPD SED FDGB Berlin representative NDPD Berlin representative SED SED FDGB SED LDPD FDJ NDPD on September 1, 1966, for the Dept. Martin moved up CDU CDU DFD CDU on September 1, 1966, for the Dept. Bach moved up FDJ NDPD CDU Berlin representative FDGB FDJ SED FDJ SED SED on January 21, 1966, for Rep. Apel moved up SED NDPD KB KB LDPD DFD FDGB Berlin representative SED LDPD Berlin representative DFD DFD SED Berlin representative DBD Berlin representative DFD Berlin representative KB LDPD SED CDU CDU Berlin representative LDPD DBD FDJ SED FDJ NDPD FDGB Berlin representative SED DFD DBD DFD FDJ LDPD DBD SED NDPD DFD DBD NDPD DFD DFD Berlin representative SED KB Berlin representative KB deceased on May 8, 1965 FDGB LDPD Berlin representative SED DBD DBD DBD SED LDPD SED NDPD SED LDPD FDGB FDGB SED DBD LDPD DBD DBD SED SED on September 1, 1964, for the Dept. Bernard Koenen moved up DBD SED on January 13, 1965, for the Dept. Bredel moved up FDGB KB

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.

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