List of Volkskammer members (8th election period)

This list provides an overview of all members of the People's Chamber of the GDR in the 8th legislative period (1981–1986).

Composition
According to official data, in the 1981 People's Chamber election, 99.86% of voters cast their votes for the nomination proposed by the National Front.

The election did not impact the strength of the factions; their sizes were predetermined. The right column of the above table reflects the party affiliations of the members within the FDGB, DFD, FDJ, and Kulturbund factions.

Presidium
Horst Sindermann (SED) Gerald Götting (CDU) Willi-Peter Konzok (LDPD) Rudolf Agsten (LDPD) from 1983 Wolfgang Heyl (CDU) Erich Mückenberger (SED) Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (DFD) Heinz Eichler (SED) Karl-Heinz Schulmeister (Kulturbund) Ernst Mecklenburg (DBD) Rudi Rothe (DBD) from 1982 Werner Heilemann (FDGB) Eberhard Aurich (FDJ) Wolfgang Rösser (NDPD)
 * President of the People's Chamber
 * Deputy President of the People's Chamber
 * Members of the Presidium:

Faction Leaders
Erich Mückenberger Leonhard Helmschrott Wolfgang Heyl Rudolf Agsten Siegfried Dallmann Hans Jendretzky Katharina Kern Eva Rohmann (from 1984) Günter Böhme (until 1982) Hans-Joachim Willerding (from 1982) Karl-Heinz Schulmeister, Kulturbund
 * SED Faction
 * DBD Faction
 * CDU Faction
 * LDPD Faction
 * NDPD Faction
 * FDGB Faction
 * DFD Faction
 * FDJ Faction
 * KB Faction

MPs
Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (8. Wahlperiode); see its history for attribution.