# 3rd Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic

The following overview lists the ministers and state secretaries of the 3rd Council of Ministers of the GDR from December 8, 1958, to October 7, 1963.

## Ministries

The government consisted of:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chairman | Otto Grotewohl | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman | Walter Ulbricht | 8 December 1958 | 12 September 1960 | SED |
| Deputy Chairman | Heinrich Rau | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Deputy Chairman | Willi Stoph | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Deputy Chairman | Hans Loch | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | LDPD |
| Deputy Chairman | Max Sefrin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU |
| Deputy Chairman | Lothar Bolz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | NDPD |
| Deputy Chairman | Paul Scholz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | DBD |
| Deputy Chairman | Bruno Leuschner | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Hans Reichelt | 8 December 1958 | 7 February 1963 replaced by Agricultural Council | DBD |
| Ministry of Construction | Ernst Scholz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Finance | Willy Rumpf | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Lothar Bolz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | NDPD |
| Ministry of the Interior | Karl Maron | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Justice | Hilde Benjamin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry for Post and Telecommunications | Friedrich Burmeister | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU |
| Ministry of Public Education | Alfred Lemmnitz | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Minister of State Security | Erich Mielke | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Minister for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade | Heinrich Rau | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Transport | Erwin Kramer | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Ministry of Health | Max Sefrin | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | CDU |

## Committees

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Bruno Leuschner | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Karl Mewis | 6 July 1961 | 12 January 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Erich Apel | 12 January 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Kurt Gregor | 8 December 1958 | 6 July 1961 | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Rudolf Müller | 6 July 1961 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Karl Grünheid | March 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the Agricultural Council | Karl-Heinz Bartsch | 7 February 1963 | 9 February 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the Agricultural Council | Georg Ewald | 9 February 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the Central Committee for State Control | Ernst Wabra | 8 December 1958 | 7 October 1963 | SED |
| Chairman of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection | Heinz Matthes | 14 May 1963 | 7 October 1963 | SED |