This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 5th legislative period (1967–1971).

Composition In the 1967 East German general election, according to official information, 99.93% of the voters voted for the proposal of the National Front.

Faction Seats of GDR deputies Seats of Berlin representatives Total seats by party affiliation SED 11017 127 275 DBD 45752 52 CDU 457 52 54 LDPD 4575253 NDPD 457 52 53 FDGB 608 68 - DFD 305 35 - FDJ 355 40 - Kulturbund 15322 - Independent 13 Total 43466500 500

The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their size was predetermined.

Presidium President of the People's Chamber Johannes Dieckmann (LDPD) Deceased in 1969 Gerald Götting (CDU)

Deputy President of the People's Chamber Hermann Matern (SED) Passed away on January 24, 1971 Friedrich Ebert (SED)

Members of the Presidium: Hermann Kalb (CDU) Until 1969 Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD) Otto Gotsche (SED) Ernst Goldenbaum (DBD) Grete Groh-Kummerlöw (FDGB) Margarete Müller (SED) Wolfgang Rösser (NDPD) Willi-Peter Konzok (LDPD) From 1969 Karl-Heinz Schulmeister (Kulturbund) From May 1969 Werner Engst (FDJ) From May 1969

Source:See Herbst, Andreas / Ranke, Winfried / Winkler, Jürgen: So funktionierte die DDR. Band 2: Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen M-Z. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994

Faction Leaders Faction of the SED Hermann Matern Passed away on January 24, 1971 Friedrich Ebert

Faction of the DBD Leonhard Helmschrott Faction of the CDU Wolfgang Heyl Faction of the LDPD Rudolf Agsten Faction of the NDPD Wolfgang Rösser Faction of the FDGB Hans Jendretzky Faction of the DFD Katharina Kern Faction of the FDJ Johannes Rech Faction of the Kulturbund Karl-Heinz Schulmeister

Members of the Volkskammer

Nameif known Faction Remarks KB LDPD SED LDPD KB SED LDPD FDGB CDU SED FDGB SED SED LDPD SED Berlin representative CDU LDPD SED CDU Berlin representative FDGB FDJ FDGB SED Berlin representative FDGB DBD FDGB Berlin representative FDJ SED DBD NDPD DBD Berlin representative NDPD KB DBD SED FDJ SED KB SED LDPD FDGB FDJ DBD SED SED on May 14, 1970, for Rep. Spitzner moved up SED on December 13, 1968, for Rep. Nice move up SED KB CDU SED NDPD NDPD FDJ NDPD Berlin representative SED LDPD died on February 22, 1969 FDJ Berlin representative FDGB DFD NDPD DFD NDPD FDGB Berlin representative SED CDU Berlin representative DBD FDJ LDPD Berlin representative SED FDGB SED DBD Berlin representative LDPD on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Thürmer moved up FDJ FDGB NDPD SED SED SED FDGB SED Berlin representative LDPD SED DBD NDPD NDPD CDU SED NDPD Berlin representativeon August 13, 1968, for the deputy Löhr moved up NDPD DFD SED deceased on September 19, 1970 DFD FDJ SED SED SED FDGB FDGB deceased on April 2, 1971 FDJ LDPD LDPD LDPD FDJ LDPD DFD LDPD Berlin representative DBD Berlin representative FDGB CDU DBD SED DBD DBD CDU FDGB FDGB Berlin representative FDGB SED SED DBD FDGB KB DBD FDJ Berlin representative DBD CDU SED SED DFD SED SED on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Kiess moved up CDU SED Berlin representative NDPD Berlin representative DBD DFD Berlin representative SED FDGB FDGB DBD NDPD FDGB CDU CDU FDGB SED NDPD SED FDGB DBD LDPD CDU FDJ FDGB FDGB FDGB LDPD CDU DFD KB LDPD LDPD FDGB SED SED CDU Berlin representative CDU FDJ FDGB LDPD Berlin representative CDU NDPD SED SED LDPD FDGB DBD NDPD FDGB FDGB FDGB SED FDJ FDJ SED LDPD FDGB KB Berlin representative DFD LDPD DBD DFD FDGB Berlin representative CDU SED SED Berlin representative CDU KB NDPD DFD SED FDJ LDPD SED SED deceased on December 30, 1970 CDU CDU FDGB SED FDGB DFD Berlin representative SED CDU LDPD on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Suhrbier moved up FDGB LDPD KB FDJ DBD Berlin representative CDU LDPD DFD SED NDPD KB DBD LDPD deceased on May 1, 1971 CDU Berlin representative SED SED NDPD Berlin representative SED FDGB Berlin representative FDJ SED Berlin representative CDU LDPD Berlin representative FDJ DBD FDGB DFD Berlin representative SED SED SED FDJ SED CDU SED DBD FDGB CDU FDGB SED DBD DFD Berlin representative SED LDPD Berlin representative DBD Berlin representative LDPD DBD FDGB LDPD NDPD Berlin representative died on July 15, 1967 SED DBD FDJ KB CDU NDPD NDPD SED NDPD FDGB NDPD Berlin representative DBD KB SED deceased on January 24, 1971 FDGB Berlin representative SED SED NDPD FDJ NDPD SED DBD DFD KB Berlin representative SED CDU SED DFD SED Berlin representative SED on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Matern moved up NDPD LDPD DFD SED FDGB NDPD DFD FDJ Berlin representative FDGB SED Berlin representative DBD FDGB SED SED NDPD CDU SED Berlin representative DFD NDPD FDGB SED FDGB FDGB DFD FDJ CDU DBD SED KB LDPD NDPD DBD FDGB on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Geisler moved up CDU CDU Berlin representative CDU NDPD NDPD LDPD DFD DBD SED SED SED Culture Association FDJ NDPD FDGB CDU FDGB LDPD on September 24, 1969, for Rep. Dieckmann moved up FDJ on May 12, 1969, for Rep. Scheyok moved up SED SED FDJ SED FDGB SED LDPD KB Berlin representative FDJ faction leader CDU FDJ DBD SED NDPD CDU Berlin representative CDU SED DBD SED NDPD Berlin representative FDGB NDPD SED DBD DBD SED NDPD NDPD NDPD deceased on April 6, 1969 CDU FDJ LDPD SED FDGB DBD FDJ Resignation of mandate on May 12, 1969 SED FDGB KB DFD SED Berlin representative FDGB FDGB DFD DFD DFD SED Berlin representative FDGB CDU DBD Berlin representative FDJ SED deceased on September 15, 1968 FDJ LDPD DBD DBD FDGB FDJ DFD SED SED CDU KB SED Berlin representative CDU SED FDJ NDPD CDU SED NDPD SED FDGB DBD NDPD LDPD NDPD SED LDPD LDPD SED SED SED deceased on November 24, 1969 NDPD CDU DBD CDU LDPD SED SED SED KB SED on June 24, 1971, for Rep. Moved up happily LDPD deceased on January 16, 1971 SED FDGB Berlin representative LDPD Berlin representative DFD SED Berlin representative DFD Berlin representative KB LDPD died on February 24, 1971 CDU SED DBD CDU NDPD CDU LDPD DBD SED MP until 1968 SED CDU NDPD FDGB LDPD SED DFD CDU DBD LDPD NDPD on September 24, 1969, for Rep. Rühle moved up NDPD SED DFD DBD FDJ NDPD SED NDPD DFD FDJ DFD SED SED SED Berlin representative SED FDGB SED Berlin representative SED DBD LDPD Berlin representative LDPD SED CDU CDU LDPD DFD SED FDJ FDJ Berlin representative NDPD SED FDGB | FDJ Berlin representative DBD LDPD CDU FDGB KB DBD DFD SED DBD NDPD LDPD FDGB LDPD

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: 5. Wahlperiode. Berlin, Staatsverlag der DDR, 1967. 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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