Presidium of the Volkskammer


The Presidium of the People's Chamber was a group of members of the People's Chamber responsible for conducting its activities.
It consisted of representatives of parties and mass organizations, represented in the People's Chamber. The presidium was headed by the President of the People's Chamber.

1. Legislative Session (1950–1954)

PresidentParty
Johannes DieckmannLDPD
Vice PresidentsParty
Hermann Matern
Gerald Götting
Ernst Goldenbaum
Heinrich Homann
Vincenz Müller
SED
CDU
DBD
NDPD
NDPD
MembersParty/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Erich Geske
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw
SED
DFD
SDA
FDGB

2. Legislative Session (1954–1958)

PresidentParty
Johannes DieckmannLDPD
First Deputy PresidentParty
Hermann MaternSED
Deputy PresidentsParty/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Gerald Götting
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw
SED
CDU
DFD
FDGB

3. Legislative Session (1958–1963)

PresidentParty
Johannes DieckmannLDPD
First Deputy PresidentParty
Hermann MaternSED
Deputy PresidentsParty/organization
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
August Bach
Ernst Goldenbaum
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw
SED
CDU
DBD
DFD
FDGB

4. Legislative Session (1963–1967)

PresidentParty
Johannes DieckmannLDPD
Deputy PresidentParty
Hermann MaternSED
MembersParty/organization
August Bach
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Otto Gotschke
Ernst Goldenbaum
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw
Jonny Löhr
CDU
CDU
DFD
SED
DBD
FDGB
NDPD

5. Legislative Session (1967–1971)

PresidentParty
Johannes Dieckmann
Gerald Götting
LDPD
CDU
Deputy PresidentParty
Hermann Matern
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
SED
MembersParty/organization

Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Otto Gotschke
Ernst Goldenbaum
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw
Margaret Müller


CDU
DFD
SED
DBD
FDGB
SED
LDPD
KB
FDJ

7. Legislative Session (1971–1976)

PresidentParty
Gerald GöttingCDU
Deputy PresidentParty
Friedrich Ebert Jr.SED
MembersParty/organization
Erich Mückenberger
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Heinz Eichler
Egon Krenz
Ernst Goldenbaum
Margarete Müller
SED
DFD
SED
KB
FDJ
DBD
LDPD
FDGB
NDPD

8. Legislative Session (1976–1981)

PresidentParty
Horst SindermannSED
Deputy PresidentParty
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Gerald Götting
SED
CDU
MembersParty/organization
Wolfgang Heyl
Erich Mückenberger
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Heinz Eichler
Egon Krenz
Hans Rietz
Johanna Töpfer
CDU
SED
DFD
SED
KB
LDPD
NDPD
FD
DBD
FDGB

8. Legislative Session (1981–1986)

PresidentParty
Horst SindermannSED
Deputy PresidentParty
Gerald GöttingCSU
MembersParty/organization


Wolfgang Heyl
Erich Mückenberger
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
Heinz Eichler
Ernst Mecklenburg
Rudi Rothe
Eberhard Aurich
LDPD
LDPD
CDU
SED
DFD
SED
KB
DBD
DBD
FDGB
FDJ
NDPD

9. Legislative Session (1986–1990)

First Presidium (1986–1989)

PresidentParty
Horst SindermannSED
Deputy PresidentParty
Gerald GöttingCDU
MembersParty/organization

Heinz Eichler
Günther Hartmann
Wolfgang Heyl
Günther Maleuda
Erich Mückenberger
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher
LDPD
SED
NDPD
FDGB
CDU
DBD
SED
VdgB
DFD
KB
FDJ

Second Presidium (1989–1990)

PresidentParty
Günther MaleudaDBD
Deputy PresidentParty
Werner Jarowinsky
Käte Niederkirchner
SED SED-PDS
SED-PDS PDS
MembersParty/organization
Heinz Eichler
Günther Hartmann
Wolfgang Heyl

Käte Niederkirchner

Christel Bednareck

Eva Rohmann
Cornelia Wolfram
SED
NDPD
CDU
CDU
DBD
SED
SED
LDPD
FDGB
FDGB
DFD
VdgB
KB
FDJ

10. Legislative Session (1990)

PresidentParty
Sabine Bergmann-PohlCDU
Deputy PresidentsParty
Reinhard Höppner
Käte Niederkirchner
Jürgen Schmieder
Wolfgang Ullmann
Dieter Helm
SPD
PDS
DSU
BFD
B90
DBD
MembersParty
Dagmar Enkelmann
Juliane Grehn
Eberhard Goldhahn
Paul Krüger
Dieter Hoffmann
Conrad-Michael Lehnert
Bernd Meier
Matthias Platzeck
PDS
CDU
CDU
SPD
SPD
CDU
BFD
SPD
CDU
BFD
PDS
DSU
B90/DG
CDU