# 2nd Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic

The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the GDR government at the beginning of the government period.

## Ministries

The government consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Minister-President | Otto Grotewohl | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| First Deputy Minister-President | Walter Ulbricht | 24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Walter Ulbricht | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Otto Nuschke | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU |
| Deputy Minister-President | Heinrich Rau | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Hans Loch | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | LDPD |
| Deputy Minister-President | Lothar Bolz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD |
| Deputy Minister-President | Paul Scholz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | DBD |
| Deputy Minister-President | Willi Stoph | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Fred Oelßner | 18 January 1956 | 13 February 1958 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Fritz Selbmann | 24 November 1955 | 13 February 1958 | SED |
| Deputy Minister-President | Fred Oelßner | 18 January 1956 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Paul Scholz | 19 November 1954 | 19 March 1955 | DBD |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Hans Reichelt | 20 March 1955 | 7 December 1958 | DBD |
| Ministry of Construction | Heinz Winkler | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD |
| Ministry of Finance | Hans Loch | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | LDPD |
| Ministry of Finance | Willy Rumpf | 24 November 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Lothar Bolz | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | NDPD |
| Ministry of Heavy Industry | Fritz Selbmann | 19 November 1954 | 24 November 1955 | SED |
| Ministry of the Interior | Willi Stoph | 19 November 1954 | 12 August 1955 | SED |
| Ministry of the Interior | Karl Maron | 12 August 1955 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Justice | Hilde Benjamin | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry for Labor and Vocational Training | Frederick Macher | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Light Industry | William Feldman | 19 November 1954 | 15 February 1958 | NDPD |
| Ministry of Mechanical Engineering | Heinrich Rau | 19 November 1954 | 15 April 1955 | SED |
| Ministry for Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU |
| Ministry of Public Education | Fritz Lange | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Minister of State Security | Ernst Wollweber | 19 November 1954 | 31 October 1957 | SED |
| Minister of State Security | Ernst Wollweber | 11 December 1957 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Trade and Supply | Curt Wach | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Transport | Erwin Kramer | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| Ministry of Health | Luitpold Steidle | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | CDU |

## Committees

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Bruno Leuschner | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Margaret Wittkowski | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |
| State Secretary at the Committee for German Unity | Albert Norden | 19 November 1954 | 7 December 1958 | SED |