# List of members of the eighth Volkskammer

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.
| Faction | Seats | Party Affiliation |
| SED | 127 | 276 |
| DBD | 52 | 52 |
| CDU | 52 | 54 |
| LDPD | 52 | 53 |
| NDPD | 52 | 53 |
| FDGB | 68 | – |
| DFD | 35 | – |
| FDJ | 40 | – |
| KB | 22 | – |
| Independent | – | 12 |
| Total | 500 | 500 |
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

* President of the People's Chamber Horst Sindermann (SED)
* Deputy President of the People's Chamber Gerald Götting (CDU)
* Members of the Presidium: 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)

## Faction Leaders

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

## MPs

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* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
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| Name | Faction | Remarks |
| Joseph Aberth | DBD | |
| Alexander Abusch | KB | deceased on January 27, 1982 |
| Rudolf Agsten | LDPD | Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group |
| Lutz Ahnfeld | FDJ | |
| Erika Albrecht | DFD | |
| Hans Albrecht | SED | |
| Kurt Anclam | LDPD | |
| Gudrun Anders | LDPD | |
| Manfred von Ardenne | KB | |
| Otto Arndt | SED | |
| Elke Arnold | CDU | |
| Karlheinz Arnold | SED | |
| Eberhard Aurich | FDJ | |
| Hermann Axen | SED | |
| Petra Bahrs | FDGB | |
| Manfred Becher | DBD | |
| Edelgard Becker | DBD | |
| Hannelore Becker | FDGB | |
| Christel Bednareck | FDGB | |
| Kerstin Behnisch | DFD | |
| Friedl Behnke | FDGB | |
| Sieglinde Behrend | FDJ | |
| Bärbel Behrens | CDU | |
| Petra Belitz | FDGB | |
| Bruno Benthien | LDPD | |
| Erna Berg | DBD | |
| Wiete Bergmann | FDGB | |
| Kurt Bernheiden | NDPD | |
| Bernd Beyer | DBD | |
| Wolfgang Beyreuther | FDGB | |
| Ewald Bialas | FDGB | |
| Erwin Binder | DBD | |
| Heinz Böhm | CDU | |
| Peter Böhm | FDJ | |
| Günter Böhme | FDJ | until 1982 chairman of the FDJ parliamentary group |
| Hans-Joachim Böhme | SED | |
| Andreas Börner | FDJ | |
| Reinhard Bolduan | SED | |
| Walter Boltz | DBD | |
| Lothar Bolz | NDPD | |
| Klaus-Dieter Bormann | FDJ | |
| Horst Brasch | SED | |
| Ellen Brombacher | FDJ | |
| Christoph Brückner | LDPD | |
| Günter Brust | LDPD | |
| Klaus Buchholz | LDPD | |
| Wolfgang Büchner | FDGB | |
| Lothar Burkhardt | SED | |
| Johannes Chemnitzer | SED | |
| Andreas Claus | DBD | |
| Gerhard Clausner | SED | |
| Manfred Clauss | SED | |
| Siegfried Dallmann | NDPD | |
| Hans Deckert | NDPD | |
| Karin Demuth | SED | |
| Friedrich Dickel | SED | |
| Horst Döll | NDPD | |
| Horst Dohlus | SED | |
| Heinz Dreblow | SED | |
| Günther Drefahl | KB | |
| Gertraud Dreihardt | DFD | |
| Paul Eberle | LDPD | |
| Günter Ehrensperger | SED | |
| Herbert Eichhorn | DBD | |
| Heinz Eichler | SED | Member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber |
| Klaus Elsner | DBD | |
| Gottfried Engelmann | LDPD | |
| Albert Enke | FDGB | |
| Heino Ernst | FDGB | |
| Manfred Ewald | SED | |
| Ulrich Fahl | CDU | |
| Heinz Fahrenkrog | FDGB | |
| Herbert Fechner | SED | |
| Klaus Fehrmann | SED | |
| Werner Felfe | SED | passed away in 1988 |
| Kurt Fenske | SED | |
| Kerstin Fenzke | FDJ | |
| Otto Fiedler | DBD | |
| Horst Fischer | NDPD | |
| Oscar Fisherman | SED | |
| Sabine Fischer | FDGB | |
| Manfred Flegel | NDPD | |
| Peter Florin | SED | |
| Renate Fölsch | FDGB | |
| Heinz Freier | SED | |
| Peter Freyer | SED | |
| Gisela Fuchs | DFD | |
| Friedel Fuckel | DFD | |
| Tamara Füßl | FDGB | |
| Liesbeth Füßler | DBD | |
| Otto Funke | SED | |
| Uwe Gajewski | FDJ | |
| Dieter Gaudian | SED | |
| Petra Gentz | SED | |
| Manfred Gerlach | LDPD | |
| Joachim-Ernst Gierspeck | LDPD | |
| Grete Glawe | FDGB | |
| Gerda Göbel | CDU | |
| Beate Göhring | FDGB | |
| Gerald Götting | CDU | Deputy President of the People's Chamber |
| Ernst Goldenbaum | DBD | |
| Alfred Grandke | LDPD | |
| Günther Grewe | CDU | |
| Ines Grosche | CDU | |
| Irmgard Groschupf | NDPD | |
| Manfred Grossmann | LDPD | |
| Erich Grützner | SED | |
| Silvia Grützner | FDJ | |
| Manfred Grund | LDPD | |
| Klaus Gysi | KB | |
| Ralf Haase | FDJ | |
| Susanne Häber | DBD | |
| Helge Häger | SED | |
| Hans Härtel | FDJ | |
| Anita Häußler | SED | |
| Kurt Hager | SED | |
| Erika Hahn | LDPD | |
| Eva Hahn | DFD | from 1984 parliamentary group leader under the name Rohmann |
| Ruth Hahn | DFD | |
| Walter Halbritter | SED | |
| Wolfram Haller | CDU | |
| Gero Hammer | NDPD | |
| Emmi Handke | DFD | |
| George Handrick | SED | |
| Hans-Joachim Hanisch | LDPD | |
| Brunhilde Hanke | SED | |
| Martin Hanke | SED | |
| Siegfried Hanusch | FDGB | |
| Gertrud Hartmann | DBD | |
| Günter Hartmann | NDPD | |
| Walter Hartung | NDPD | |
| Hannelore Hauschild | DFD | |
| Thea Hauschild | SED | |
| Werner Heilemann | FDGB | |
| Horst Heinrich | NDPD | |
| Horst Heintze | FDGB | |
| Gabriele Heinze | FDGB | |
| Günther Heinze | FDGB | |
| Gerda Heller | LDPD | |
| Leonhard Helmschrott | DBD | |
| Horst Hempel | LDPD | |
| Egon Hengelhaupt | FDGB | |
| Karlheinz Hengst | NDPD | |
| Waltraut Hennig | LDPD | |
| Johannes Herda | CDU | |
| Wolfgang Herger | FDJ | |
| Joachim Herrmann | SED | |
| Hans-Joachim Hertwig | SED | |
| Edith Herzig | DBD | |
| Hans-Joachim Heusinger | LDPD | |
| Wolfgang Heyl | CDU | |
| Silvia Hinrichs | FDJ | |
| Elke Hinz | FDJ | |
| Wolfgang Hinz | DBD | |
| Heino Hinze | KB | |
| Annelotte Hochhaus | DFD | |
| Martina Hönicke | FDGB | |
| Rudolf Höppner | FDGB | |
| Ruth Höwe | DBD | |
| Anni Hoffmann | SED | |
| Hans-Joachim Hoffmann | KB | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | SED | deceased on December 2, 1985 |
| Erna Hofmann | FDGB | |
| Heinz Hofmann | KB | |
| Christa Hojer | CDU | |
| Witho Holland | LDPD | |
| Gerhard Holtz-Baumert | KB | |
| Heinrich Homann | NDPD | |
| Erich Honecker | SED | |
| Margot Honecker | SED | |
| Horst Hornung | FDGB | deceased on September 17, 1982 |
| Heinz Hoßfeld | FDGB | |
| Claus Howitz | DBD | |
| Claus-Jürgen Huch | NDPD | |
| Max Hübner | FDGB | |
| Thomas Hübner | FDJ | |
| Helga Isenberg | LDPD | |
| Barbara Jacob | FDGB | |
| Brunhild Jaeger | SED | |
| Karl Jänecke | LDPD | |
| Günther Jahn | SED | |
| Werner Jarowinsky | SED | |
| Christa Jauch | LDPD | |
| Hans Jendretzky | FDGB | |
| Hertha Jung | DFD | |
| Wolfgang Junker | SED | |
| Ingeborg Kachel | FDGB | |
| Erich Kärger | DBD | |
| Susanne Kahlert | DFD | |
| Elfi Kaiser | CDU | |
| Siegfried Kaiser | FDGB | |
| Werner Kaiser | NDPD | |
| Hermann Kalb | CDU | |
| Eberhard Kallenbach | NDPD | |
| Werner Kalweit | SED | |
| Hermann Kant | KB | |
| Werner Karwath | CDU | |
| Christa Kauhold | CDU | |
| Karl Kayser | KB | |
| Willi Keindorf | SED | |
| Katharina Kern | DFD | deceased on April 16, 1985 |
| Doris Kersten | DFD | |
| Heinz Keßler | SED | |
| Bruno Kiesler | SED | |
| Annelis Kimmel | FDGB | |
| Friedrich Kind | CDU | |
| Werner Kirchhoff | SED | |
| Franz Kirchner | CDU | |
| Ruth Kirsch | SED | |
| Helmtraut Klara | DFD | |
| Günther Kleiber | SED | |
| Helmut Klein | SED | |
| Volker Klemm | NDPD | |
| Gottfried Klepel | CDU | |
| Eveline Klett | DFD | |
| Wilfried Klöser | FDGB | |
| Lucie Knobloch | DBD | |
| Claus-Dieter Knöfler | LDPD | |
| Heinz Knorr | NDPD | |
| Hans Koch | KB | |
| Ursula Köckritz | DFD | |
| Lothar Köhler | LDPD | |
| Karin König | NDPD | |
| Erwin Körber | DBD | |
| Ingrid Körner | FDGB | |
| Willi-Peter Konzok | LDPD | 1983 resigned as a member of the Executive Committee deceased on July 26, 1984 |
| Michael Koplanski | DBD | |
| Erhard Krack | SED | |
| Edda Kramer | DFD | |
| Ewald Kramer | CDU | |
| Heinz Kratkey | NDPD | on June 15, 1984, resignation confirmed |
| Gerhard Krause | FDGB | |
| Marika Krause | NDPD | |
| Rosemarie Krautzig | CDU | |
| Marion Krebs | FDJ | |
| Egon Krenz | FDJ | |
| Walter Kresse | SED | |
| Horst Kreter | NDPD | |
| Waldemar Kreutzberger | NDPD | |
| Adolf Kriesche | SED | |
| Herbert Kroker | SED | on December 3, 1982, confirmed the desired termination of the mandate |
| Werner Krolikowski | SED | |
| Eleonore Kucharczyk | DBD | |
| Hermann Kühne | DBD | |
| Heinz Kuhrig | SED | |
| Traude Kunz | SED | |
| Silvia Kunze | FDGB | |
| Ingrid Kurzke | SED | |
| Helga Labs | FDJ | |
| Ingeburg Lange | SED | |
| Renate Lausch | SED | |
| Ursula Lebelt | DBD | |
| Hendry Lehmann | FDGB | |
| Wolfgang Lesser | KB | |
| Hermann Liefländer | LDPD | |
| Gustav Liepack | SED | |
| Gerhard Lindner | LDPD | |
| Elke Löbl | FDGB | |
| Siegfried Löffler | CDU | |
| Christa Löhn | DFD | |
| Johannes Löhn | LDPD | |
| Rainer Lösekann | LDPD | |
| Erhard Lonscher | NDPD | |
| Siegfried Lorenz | SED | |
| Werner Lorenz | KB | |
| Werner Lorenz | CDU | |
| Werner Lüder | NDPD | |
| Birgit Lüdtke | FDJ | |
| Martin Maassen | LDPD | |
| Günter Mähl | NDPD | |
| Günther Maleuda | DBD | |
| Mechthild Marchewka | CDU | |
| Joachim Matysiak | FDJ | |
| Ernst Mecklenburg | DBD | |
| Ludwig Mecklinger | SED | |
| Peter Mederake | NDPD | on June 15, 1984, for Rep. Kratkey moved up |
| Felix Meier | SED | |
| Heinrich Meier | NDPD | |
| Jürgen Meißner | DBD | |
| Werner Mennicke | SED | |
| Else Merke | DBD | |
| Sieglinde Metten | LDPD | |
| Gottfried Meyer | CDU | |
| Erich Mielke | SED | |
| Gerhard-Peter Mielke | NDPD | |
| Günter Mittag | SED | |
| Hartmut Mitzenheim | CDU | |
| Hans Modrow | SED | |
| Hans-Dietrich Möller | NDPD | |
| Ute Mohrmann | KB | |
| Günter Morge | LDPD | deceased on January 21, 1984 |
| Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt | DFD | |
| Helga Mudra | LDPD | on June 15, 1984, for Rep. Moved up tomorrow |
| Erich Mückenberger | SED | |
| Manfred Mühlmann | NDPD | |
| Anita Müller | FDGB | |
| Gerhard Müller | SED | |
| Günter Müller | FDGB | |
| Inge Müller | DFD | |
| Margarete Müller | SED | |
| Uta Müller | FDJ | |
| Harald Naumann | CDU | |
| Konrad Naumann | SED | |
| Wolfgang Naumann | NDPD | |
| Gudrun Nause | DFD | |
| Heinz Nerlich | NDPD | |
| Christian Neubert | FDGB | on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Hornung moved up |
| Heinz Neukrantz | FDGB | |
| Alfred Neumann | SED | |
| Anni Neumann | FDGB | |
| Gisela Neumann | DFD | |
| Hannelore Neumann | FDGB | |
| Karlheinz Niedermeier | FDGB | |
| Adolf Niggemeier | CDU | |
| Ramona Nique | FDJ | |
| Rolf Noack | DBD | |
| Walter Nörenberg | LDPD | |
| Friedrich Otto | NDPD | |
| Engelbert Pade | FDGB | |
| Walter Parey | FDGB | |
| Monika Paroch | FDGB | |
| Marga Paulitschke | DFD | |
| Elisabeth Pech | DBD | |
| Heike Pemsel | CDU | |
| Barbara Petzold | FDJ | |
| Friedrich Pfaffenbach | NDPD | |
| Ludwig Pfeiffer | NDPD | |
| Alfons Piatkowski | DBD | |
| Waldemar Pilz | SED | |
| Alois Pisnik | SED | |
| Gundel Plaul | SD | |
| Rolf Poche | SED | |
| Gerhard Pohl | CDU | |
| Manfred Poneß | LDPD | |
| Eberhard Poppe | KB | |
| Rudolf Porschitz | NDPD | |
| Alois Proksch | CDU | |
| Margot Pschebizin | FDGB | |
| Sieglinde Puttrich-Gurth | LDPD | |
| Bernhard Quandt | SED | |
| Detlef Radke | FDGB | |
| Klaus Rank | DBD | |
| Helga Rateitzak | FDGB | |
| Wolfgang Rauchfuss | SED | |
| Cornelia Rauer | FDJ | |
| Ursula Raurin-Kutzner | CDU | |
| Birgit Rauschenbach | FDJ | |
| Eberhard Rebling | KB | |
| Horst Rehtanz | FDGB | |
| Hans Reichelt | DBD | |
| Ute Reiher | FDGB | |
| Manfred Rentsch | NDPD | |
| Edith Reumuth | NDPD | |
| Ilona Richter | SED | |
| Hans-Joachim Riebow | SED | on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Kroker moved up |
| Brunhilde Rienecker | DFD | |
| Hans Rietz | DBD | |
| Renate Ritter | DBD | |
| Ilse Rodenberg | NDPD | |
| Alfred Rohde | SED | |
| Fritz Rösel | FDGB | |
| Wolfgang Rösser | NDPD | |
| Doris Röwer | FDJ | |
| Ulrike Rommel | NDPD | |
| Karla Rose | CDU | |
| Harald Rost | SED | |
| Rudi Rothe | DBD | |
| Anneliese Sälzler | KB | |
| Franz-Josef Salbreiter | CDU | |
| Gertrud Sasse | LDPD | |
| Günter Schabowski | SED | |
| Thomas Schauer | FDJ | |
| Werner Scheler | KB | |
| Gregor Schirmer | KB | |
| Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher | DFD | |
| Gabriele Schleis | FDJ | |
| Volker Schliebe | NDPD | |
| Ursula Schlosser | DFD | |
| Anneliese Schmidt | DFD | |
| Christine Schmidt | LDPD | on November 30, 1984, for Rep. Konzok moved up |
| Gerhard Schmidt | DBD | |
| Burkhard Schneeweiß | CDU | |
| Dorothea Schneider | CDU | |
| Ilse Schneider | LDPD | |
| Roland Schneider | FDGB | |
| Horst Schönfelder | CDU | |
| Gerhard Scholz | FDGB | |
| Paul Scholz | DBD | |
| Walter Scholz | SED | |
| Max Schreiber | FDGB | |
| Sigrid Schröder | SED | |
| Ingeborg Schubert | DFD | |
| Manfred Schubert | SED | |
| Winfried Schubert | FDJ | |
| Gerhard Schürer | SED | |
| Gisela Schütt | DFD | |
| Karl-Heinz Schulmeister | KB | |
| Joachim Schultz | NDPD | |
| Rudolph Schulze | CDU | |
| Horst Schumann | SED | |
| Gustav-Adolf Schur | SED | |
| Peter Schwartze | KB | on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Abusch moved up |
| Ekkehard Schweitzer | NDPD | |
| Max Sefrin | CDU | |
| Evelyn Seidemann | FDGB | |
| Werner Seifert | DBD | |
| Max Seydewitz | SED | |
| Günter Sieber | SED | |
| Rosemarie Sievert | LDPD | |
| Käte Sima Niederkirchner | SED | |
| Hans-Heinrich Simon | NDPD | |
| Lothar Simon | LDPD | |
| Horst Sindermann | SED | President of the People's Chamber |
| Willi Sitte | KB | |
| Günther Skrzypek | SED | |
| Werner Skunde | DBD | |
| Ilona Slupianek | FDJ | |
| Reinhard Sommer | FDGB | |
| Ullrich Sommer | LDPD | |
| Klaus Sorgenicht | SED | |
| Roland Spiegel | SED | |
| Gerhard Springer | LDPD | |
| Joachim Srock | SED | on December 3, 1982, for Rep. Verner moved up |
| Siegfried Stabe | SED | |
| Gerd Staegemann | NDPD | |
| Otfried Steger | SED | |
| Karl-Hermann Steinberg | CDU | |
| Helmut Steinbrück | LDPD | |
| Manfred Steiner | DBD | |
| Wilfried Stern | NDPD | |
| Albert Stief | SED | |
| Willi Stoph | SED | |
| Paul Strauß | SED | |
| Hans Stubbe | KB | Member until 1984 |
| Reinhold Tannhäuser | LDPD | on November 30, 1984, for Rep. Werthmann moved up |
| Renate Tappert | DFD | |
| Kirsten Tennert | FDJ | |
| Ilse Thiele | DFD |
| Kurt Thieme | SED | |
| Wolfgang Thieme | CDU | |
| Klaus-Dieter Thiemes | DBD | |
| Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich | DFD | |
| Hans-Manfred Thurm | CDU | |
| Kurt Tiedke | SED | |
| Edeltraud Timm | FDJ | |
| Ernst Timm | SED | |
| Harry Tisch | SED | |
| Johanna Töpfer | FDGB | |
| Heinrich Toeplitz | CDU | |
| Hannelore Tomaschek | CDU | |
| Gottfried Torbicki | NDPD | |
| Harry Trumpold | LDPD | |
| Fritz Tschetschorke | DBD | |
| Andreas Uhlig | FDJ | |
| Thomas Ullner | FDJ | |
| Dietrich Unangst | NDPD | |
| Johannes Unger | FDGB | |
| Rolf Unger | LDPD | |
| Paul Verner | SED | |
| Waldemar Verner | SED | passed away on February 15, 1982 |
| Ursula Völkner | DFD | |
| Ellen Voigt | FDGB | |
| Dietrich Voigtberger | CDU | |
| Sabine Voigtländer | FDJ | |
| Marion Vorwerk | FDJ | |
| Rudolf Wabersich | DBD | |
| Manfred Wahls | CDU | |
| Werner Walde | SED | |
| Hans Waldmann | SED | |
| Rosel Walther | NDPD | |
| Horst Wambutt | SED | |
| Albert Wappler | FDGB | |
| Hans Watzek | DBD | |
| Wolfgang Weichelt | SED | |
| Werner Weichenhain | LDPD | |
| Johannes Weidauer | NDPD | |
| Margot Weilert | SED | |
| Gerhard Weiss | SED | deceased on January 7, 1986 |
| Wilhelm Weißgärber | DBD | |
| Herbert Weiz | SED | |
| Christine Weller | DFD | on July 4, 1985, for Dept. core moved up |
| Gert Wendelborn | CDU | |
| Karl-Heinz Werner | DBD | |
| Monika Werner | SED | |
| Harald Werthmann | LDPD | deceased on September 5, 1984 |
| Gerolf Wetzel | DBD | |
| Ruth Weyh | LDPD | |
| Günter Wiedemann | LDPD | |
| Gerda Wiefel | SED | |
| Hans Wiesner | SED | |
| Christine Wieynk | CDU | |
| Karin-Christiane Wilhelm | CDU | |
| Richard O. Wilhelm | LDPD | |
| Herbert Willem | SED | |
| Hans-Joachim Willerding | FDJ | |
| Hanna Wolf | LDPD | |
| Manfred Wolf | FDGB | |
| Karin Wolff | FDJ | |
| Lothar Wolter | LDPD | |
| Dieter-Gerhardt Worm | CDU | |
| Werner Wünschmann | CDU | |
| Henry Zahlten | FDGB | |
| Gisela Zepp | DFD | |
| Herbert Ziegenhahn | SED | |
| Heinz Ziegner | SED | |
| Brigitte Zenert | DBD | |
| Johannes Zillig | CDU | |
| Hermann Zweigler | LDPD | |