List of leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany

This article lists the leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). GDR was a country that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Until 1952, GDR was divided into 5 states (Länder), from north to south: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. From 1952 until 1990, GDR was divided into 14 districts (Bezirke), each named after their capitals, from north to south: Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Magdeburg, Cottbus, Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (named Chemnitz until the 1953 Karl Marx Year ), Gera and Suhl.

Due to its special status, East Berlin (Ost-Berlin) was originally not counted as a Bezirk. In 1961, after the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and the construction of the Berlin Wall, East Berlin came to be recognised in GDR administration as the Bezirk Berlin, though it retained a special status until the adoption of the revised 1968 Constitution.

Mecklenburg



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Brandenburg



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Saxony-Anhalt



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Saxony



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Thuringia



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Rostock



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Neubrandenburg



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Schwerin



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Potsdam



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Frankfurt



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Magdeburg



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Cottbus



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Halle



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Leipzig



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Erfurt



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Dresden



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Karl-Marx-Stadt



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Gera



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Suhl



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East Berlin



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