List of Volkskammer members (5th election period)

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.

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:

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

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.

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (5. Wahlperiode); see its history for attriSEDion.