# List of Provisional Volkskammer members

With the founding act of the German Democratic Republic on October 7, 1949, the previously existing German People's Council transformed into the Provisional People's Chamber of the GDR. At 12:45 PM on October 7, during its 9th and final session in the Grand Hall of the German Economic Commission, the German People's Council decided to transform itself into the Provisional People's Chamber of the GDR. At 5:35 PM on the same day, the Provisional People's Chamber was constituted. One of the purposes of this constitution was to enact the Constitution of the GDR into effect.

## Composition

| Faction | Seats of GDR Deputies | Seats of Deputies from Greater Berlin | Total Seats |
| SED | | | 96 |
| DBD | | | 15 |
| CDU | | | 46 |
| LDPD | | | 46 |
| NDPD | | | 17 |
| FDGB | | | 30 |
| DFD | | | 10 |
| FDJ | | | 10 |
| Kulturbund | | | 35 |
| Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime | | | 10 |
| Peasants Mutual Aid Association | | | 5 |
| SDA | - | 5 | 5 |
| Cooperatives | | | 5 |
| Total | | | 330 |

## Members of the Presidium of the Provisional People's Chamber

* President Johannes Dieckmann (LDPD)
* Deputy President Hermann Matern (SED) Hugo Hickmann (CDU) until February 1950 Josef Rambo (CDU) August Bach (CDU) Jonny Löhr (NDP) until April 1950 Heinrich Homann (NDP)
* Members Herbert Hoffmann (DBD) Erich Geske (SDA) Friedel Malter (FDGB) Friedrich Ebert (SED) Elli Schmidt (DFD)
Note: The composition of the Presidium contradicted Article 57 of the Constitution of the GDR dated October 7, 1949. According to this article, only factions with at least 40 deputies would have been allowed to send a representative to the Presidium. Specifically, this would have been the SED, LDPD, and CDU. The differentiation between NDP and DBD is also striking. While the National Democrats received a deputy position, the DBD was only represented by a member. The reason why no other mass organizations were considered except for the DFD and FDGB is not clear.

## Faction Leaders

* Faction of the SED Hermann Matern
* Faction of the CDU August Bach
* Faction of the LDPD Ralph Liebler
* Faction of the DBD Paul Scholz
* Faction of the NDPD Vincenz Müller
* Faction of the FDGB/FDJ/Cooperatives Herbert Warnke
* Faction of the Kulturbund/DFD/VVN Klaus Gysi
* Faction of the SDA August Burde

## MPs

Note: A manual or directory in book form for the deputies of the Provisional People's Chamber was not available until November 2017.
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| Name | Faction | Remarks |
| Hermann Abendroth | Kulturbund | |
| Alexander Abusch | Kulturbund | |
| Anton Ackermann | SED | |
| Wilhelm Adam | NDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Löhr, announcement on April 19, 1950 |
| Rudolf Agricola | SED | |
| Heinrich Albert | CDU | |
| Rudolf Albrecht | DBD | |
| Friedrich Althans | LDPD | |
| August Bach | CDU | |
| Wilhelm Bachem | CDU | |
| Berta Bähr | DBD | |
| Edith Baumann | SED | |
| Anna Baumann-Schosland | CDU | |
| Johannes R. Becher | Kulturbund | |
| Friedel Becker | cooperatives | |
| Leopold Becker | CDU | |
| Walli Becker | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Munz, announcement on June 28, 1950 |
| Ernst-Walter Beer | DBD | |
| Hilde Benjamin | SED | |
| Reinhold Berger | NDPD | replaced Jakob-Adolf Heilmann, announced on January 18, 1950 |
| Ilse Berghaus | LDPD | |
| Fritz Beyling | VVN | |
| Robert Bieri | SED | |
| Walter Biering | VdgB | |
| Paul Bismark | SED | on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Gertrud Boehm | FDGB | Resignation of mandate in mid-October 1949 |
| Heinz Böttcher | FDGB | |
| Lothar Bolz | NDPD | |
| Ernst Brandt | SED | |
| Helmut Brandt | CDU | |
| Fritz Brauer | CDU | |
| Peter Braun | LDPD | |
| Willi Bredel | Kulturbund | |
| Gertrud Breuer | SED | |
| Werner Brussels | FDJ | |
| Theodor Brugsch | Kulturbund | |
| Werner Bruschke | SED | |
| Theodor Brylla | FDGB | |
| Otto Buchwitz | SED | |
| Hermann Budzislawski | Kulturbund | |
| Kurt Bürger | SED | |
| August Burde | SDA | |
| Gudrun Buske | SED | |
| Gert Caden | Kulturbund | |
| Roman Chwalek | FDGB | |
| Walter Conrad | FDGB | |
| Josef Czimoniak | DBD | Announcement of the resignation on November 9, 1949 |
| Franz Dahlem | SED | |
| Siegfried Dallmann | NDPD | |
| Erich Damerow | LDPD | |
| Magnus Dedek | CDU | moved up on February 22, 1950 |
| Heinrich Deiters | Kulturbund | |
| Georg Dertinger | CDU | |
| Adolf Deter | FDGB | |
| Johannes Dieckmann | LDPD | |
| Fritz Dieke | SED | |
| Ewald Dietrich | LDPD | |
| Rudolf Dominka | FDJ | |
| Friedrich Dordel | SED | |
| Herbert Dulde | LDPD | |
| Margarethe Dyck | LDPD | |
| Hans Eberling | SED | |
| Friedrich Ebert | SED | |
| Werner Eggerath | SED | |
| Gerhart Eisler | SED | |
| Charlotte Eppinger | SED | |
| Luise Ernst | DFD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Nierste, announcement on June 28, 1950 |
| Ruth Fabisch | LDPD | |
| Walter Faesser | LDPD | on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Erich Fascher | CDU | on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Max Fechner | SED | |
| Margot Feist | FDJ | |
| Wilhelm Feldmann | NDPD | |
| Kurt Fischer | SED | deceased on June 22, 1950 |
| Lena Fischer | SED | |
| Joachim Flatau | LDPD | |
| Friedrich Florey | LDPD | in August 1950 fled to the Federal Republic, on September 6, 1950, announcement of the loss of mandate |
| Erich Frank | LDPD | |
| Otto Freitag | CDU | |
| Hans Freund | VVN | |
| Otto Freyhoff | FDGB | |
| Heinz Fried | VVN | |
| Walter Friedrich | Kulturbund | |
| August Frölich | SED | |
| Heinz Funke | SED | |
| Marta Gäbler | DFD | |
| Hans-Paul Ganter-Gilmans | CDU | |
| Carl Garz | CDU | |
| Karl Geissler | SED | |
| Hermann Gerigk | FDJ | |
| Rose Gerisch | DFD | |
| Manfred Gerlach | FDJ | |
| Heinrich Gerlich | CDU | |
| Ottomar Geschke | VVN | |
| Erich Geske | SDA | |
| Gertrud Glöckner | DFD | |
| Erich Glückauf | SED | |
| Bernhard Göring | FDGB | deceased on December 1, 1949 |
| Gerald Götting | CDU | |
| Arnold Gohr | CDU | |
| Ernst Goldenbaum | DBD | |
| Marianne Goosmann | NDPD | In the spring of 1950 he fled to the Federal Republic of Germany, on June 28, 1950, he announced that he had resigned his mandate |
| Richard Goschütz | SED | |
| Paul Gräber | SDA | |
| Günter Grell | FDJ | on February 8, 1950, announcement of the resignation, in March 1950 escape to West Berlin |
| Karl Grobbel | CDU | |
| Grete Groh-Kummerlöw | FDGB | following a decision by the parliamentary group on October 17, 1949, for Deputy Böhm |
| Anna Großkowiak | FDGB | |
| Otto Grotewohl | SED | |
| Klaus Gysi | Kulturbund | |
| Nelly Haalck | DFD | succeeded in May 1950 for the member of parliament Stark-Wintersig |
| August Hackelberg | SED | |
| Karl Hamann | LDPD | |
| Georg Handke | SED | |
| Charlotte Haufe | FDGB | |
| Robert Havemann | Kulturbund | |
| Enno Heidebroek | Kulturbund | |
| Friedrich August Heiden | cooperatives | |
| Käthe Heidenberger | CDU | |
| Gerhard Heidenreich | FDJ | moved up for Helmut Kraus, announcement on November 9, 1949 |
| Werner Heilemann | FDGB | |
| Jakob-Adolf Heilmann | NDPD | deceased on December 9, 1949 |
| Peter Heilmann | FDJ | |
| Elisabeth Heinsick | VVN | |
| Hildegard Heinze | SED | |
| Rolf Helm | SED | |
| Leonhard Helmschrott | DBD | |
| Adolf Hennecke | SED | |
| Hermann Henselmann | Kulturbund | |
| Kurt Herrmann | LDPD | died on July 12, 1950 |
| Rudolf Herrnstadt | SED | |
| Ferdinand Hestermann | Kulturbund | |
| Hugo Hickmann | CDU | on February 9, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| August Hillebrand | CDU | |
| Wilhelm Höcker | SED | |
| Ernst Hoffmann | SED | |
| Heinrich Hoffmann | SED | |
| Heinz Hoffmann | SED | moved up for the Abgeordneter Kurt Fischer, announcement on August 9, 1950 |
| Herbert Hoffmann | DBD | |
| Heinrich Homann | NDPD | |
| Erich Honecker | FDJ | |
| Erhard Hübener | LDPD | |
| Wilhelm Imhäuser | LDPD | Moved up for the Abgeordneter Schnee, announced March 22, 1950 |
| Rudolf Jahn | FDGB | |
| Hans Jendretzky | SED | |
| Franz Jensch | CDU | |
| Erich Kahle | SED | |
| Richard Kain | SED | |
| Otto Kamps | LDPD | |
| Hermann Kastner | LDPD | |
| Waldemar Katsch | SED | |
| Bernhard Kellermann | Kulturbund | |
| Katharina Kern | DFD | |
| Heinz Kessler | FDJ | |
| Martin Kielblock | LDPD | |
| Ludwig Kirsch | CDU | Announcement of the resignation on November 9, 1949 |
| Hildegard Kirstein | FDGB | |
| Willi Kirsten | CDU | |
| Karl Kleinschmidt | Kulturbund | |
| Klara Kludas | CDU | |
| George Knabe | CDU | |
| Bernard Koenen | SED | |
| Frieda Koenen | SED | |
| Wilhelm Koenen | SED | |
| Walter König | NDPD | |
| Ingo von Koerber | LDPD | |
| Otto Körting | VdgB | Mandate expired in July 1950 |
| Josef Kofler | CDU | |
| Oswald Koltzenburg | NDPD | |
| Richard Kops | SED | |
| Vilmos Korn | NDPD | |
| Helmut Kraus | FDJ | Announced his resignation on November 9, 1949 |
| Kurt Krauspenhaar | SED | |
| Kurt Krenz | SED | |
| Wolfgang Kressner | LDPD | on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation by fleeing to the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Alfred Kretzschmer | LDPD | fled to the Federal Republic in the summer of 1950, announcement of the loss of the mandate on August 9, 1950 |
| Harald Krieg | LDPD | moved up on February 8 for the Abgeordneter Blacks, fled to West Germany in late summer 1950, on September 6, 1950, announcement of the loss of the mandate |
| Kurt Kröning | LDPD | |
| Erich Krüger | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Kurt Herrmann, Announcement on August 9, 1950 |
| Ernst Krüger | FDGB | |
| Greta Kuckhoff | SED | |
| Jürgen Kuczynski | Kulturbund | |
| Kurt Kühn | FDGB | |
| Ludwig Kühn | cooperatives | |
| Charlotte Küter | Kulturbund | |
| Franz Lange | cooperatives | |
| Fritz Lange | SED | |
| Wolfgang Langhoff | Kulturbund | |
| Heinrich Lechtenberg | CDU | |
| Ernst Legal | Kulturbund | |
| Arthur Lehmann | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Florey, Announcement September 6, 1950 |
| Helmut Lehmann | SED | |
| Karl Lerche | SED | |
| Bruno Leuschner | SED | |
| Ernst Lewek | VVN | |
| Hermann Libscher | SED | |
| Karl Liebetrau | SED | |
| Ralph Liebler | LDPD | |
| Arthur Lieutenant* | LDPD | escaped to West Berlin in October 1949 |
| Reinhold Lobedanz | CDU | |
| Hans Loch | LDPD | |
| Jonny Lohr | NDPD | Announcement of resignation on April 19, 1950 |
| Ernst Lohagen | SED | |
| Ernst Lorenz | LDPD | |
| Georg Lotz | VdgB | |
| Günther Ludwig | NDPD | |
| Rudolf Maisel | FDGB | |
| Friedel Malter | FDGB | |
| Friedrich Martin | DBD | |
| Gertrud Marx | VVN | |
| Hermann Matern | SED | |
| Johannes Mebus | CDU | |
| Hans Meier | LDPD | |
| Otto Meier | SED | |
| Paul Merker | SED | |
| Alfred Meusel | Kulturbund | |
| Karl Mewis | VVN | |
| Julius Meyer | VVN | |
| Friedrich Möglich | Kulturbund | |
| Otto Möller | NDPD | |
| Otto Moeller | LDPD | died on November 22, 1949 |
| Carl Moltmann | SED | |
| Erich Mückenberger | SED | |
| Alfons Müller | LDPD | Resigned October 11, 1949 |
| Hans Müller | SDA | |
| Hermann Müller | SED | |
| Richard Müller | DBD | |
| Vincenz Müller | NDPD | |
| Ludwig Münz | LDPD | Retired on June 28, 1950 |
| Clare Muth | FDGB | |
| Otto Nagel | Kulturbund | |
| Johannes Nelles | Kulturbund | |
| Ernst Niekisch | Kulturbund | |
| Luise Nierste | DFD | retired on May 1, 1950 |
| Franz Nitt | CDU | |
| Albert Norden | SED | |
| Paul Nowak | CDU | |
| Otto Nuschke | CDU | |
| Fred Oelßner | SED | |
| Josef Orlopp | SED | |
| Emil Otto | FDGB | |
| Herbert Papenfuß | FDGB | |
| Friedrich Pfaffenbach | NDPD | |
| Heinrich Picker | FDGB | |
| Wilhelm Pieck | SED | on February 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Anton Plenikowski | SED | replaced Paul Bismark on February 22, 1950 |
| Karl Plesse | FDGB | |
| Werner Pöhls | CDU | |
| Karl Polak | SED | |
| Frieda Radel | DFD | |
| Paul Radtke | SED | |
| Josef Rambo* | CDU | on January 18, 1950, moved up for Ludwig Kirsch on September 9, 1950, escaped to West Germany |
| Heinrich Rau | SED | |
| August Rauer | cooperatives | |
| Käte Reimer | DBD | |
| Hans Reingruber | Kulturbund | |
| Rudi Reinwarth | NDPD | |
| Maria Rentmeister | DFD | |
| Julius Richter | CDU | |
| Paul Richter | LDPD | moved up for Max Suhrbier, announcement on November 9, 1949 |
| Richard Richter | DBD | |
| Günther Rienäcker | Kulturbund | |
| Gerhard Rohner | CDU | In January 1950 he fled to West Germany, on February 9, 1950, the announcement was made that his mandate had expired |
| Robert Rompe | SED | |
| Berthold Rose | DBD | moved up for Josef Czimoniak, announcement on November 9, 1949 |
| Walter Rübel | CDU | |
| Walter Rücker | CDU | |
| Otto Rühle | NDPD | |
| Carl Günther Ruland | CDU | on February 9, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Willy Rumpf | SED | |
| Ellen Ruschmann | FDGB | |
| Paul Sack | FDGB | |
| Willy Sägebrecht | SED | |
| Victor Sandman | CDU | |
| Gertrud Sasse | LDPD | Moved up for the Abgeordneter War, announced September 6, 1950 |
| Kurt Saupe | SED | |
| Erna Schäfer | CDU | |
| Kurt Schatter | VVN | |
| Heinz Schaumann | SED | |
| Günter Schernbeck | LDPD | |
| Felix Scheffler | DBD | on March 22, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Eugen Schiffer | LDPD | |
| Rose Schilling | SED | |
| Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher | DFD | |
| Artur Schlesinger | LDPD | |
| Hermann Schlimme | FDGB | |
| Elli Schmidt | DFD | |
| Milly Schmidt | LDPD | |
| Richard Schmidt | SED | |
| Eva Schmidt-Kolmer | DFD | |
| Matthias Schnee | LDPD | replaced Alfons Müller on October 11, 1949, announcement of the loss of mandate on February 22, 1950 |
| Georg Schöpflin | SED | |
| Paul Scholz | DBD | |
| Rudolf Scholz | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Wenk, announcement on April 19, 1950 |
| Anneliese Schubert | SED | |
| Alfred Schultheiss | LDPD | |
| Berta Schulze | SED | |
| Otto Schwarz | Kulturbund | |
| Reinhold Schwarz | LDPD | |
| Kurt Schwarze | LDPD | on February 8, 1950, announcement of the resignation due to simultaneous mandate in the state chamber |
| Rudolf Schwarzer | SED | |
| Herbert Sedlaczek | Kulturbund | |
| Fritz Selbmann | SED | |
| Max Seydewitz | SED | |
| Carl Siebenpfeiffer | CDU | |
| Hans-Joachim Siekiera | LDPD | replaced the deceased Deputy Moeller, announcement on December 7, 1949 |
| Gustav Siemon | NDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Goosmann, announcement on June 28, 1950 |
| Robert Siewert | SED | |
| Bernhard Singer | CDU | moved up on February 22, 1950 relieved of all party offices in June 1950 as a Hickmann supporter |
| Robert Sommer | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Kressner, announcement on April 19, 1950 |
| Alexander Starck | FDGB | Member from December 1949, replacing Bernhard Göring |
| Magdalena Stark-Wintersig | DFD | resigned in May 1950 |
| Erwin Steffen | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Kretschmer, announcement on August 9, 1950 |
| Johannes Stefko | LDPD | |
| Luitpold Steidle | CDU | |
| Karl Steinhoff | SED | |
| Peter Alfons Steiniger | Kulturbund | |
| Günter Stempel | LDPD | Arrested in August 1950 |
| Wilhelm von Stoltzenberg | LDPD | |
| Willi Stoph | SED | Replaced Wilhelm Pieck on February 22, 1950 |
| Hans-Gotthilf Strasser | LDPD | |
| Johannes Stroux | Kulturbund | |
| Hans Stubbe | Kulturbund | |
| Max Suhrbier | LDPD | on November 9, 1949, announcement of the resignation due to the simultaneous mandate in the state chamber |
| Paul Sztob | SED | |
| Herbert Täschner | LDPD | moved up for the Abgeordneter Barrels, announced April 19, 1950 |
| Elisabeth Teichmüller | SED | |
| Johannes Teubert | CDU | |
| Walter Thiem | DBD | |
| Gertrud Thürmer | LDPD | |
| Walter Thürmer | LDPD | |
| Ferdinand Thun | FDJ | |
| Marie Torhorst | SED | |
| Siegfried Trommsdorff | CDU | |
| Johannes Trost | SED | |
| Walter Ulbricht | SED | |
| Wolfgang Ullrich | CDU | |
| Herbert Vahl | DBD | replaced Felix Scheffler, announcement on March 22, 1950 |
| Kurt Vieweg | VdgB | |
| Paul Wandel | SED | |
| Willy Warning | CDU | moved up on February 22, 1950 |
| Herbert Warnke | FDGB | |
| Johannes Warnke | SED | |
| Hermann Waschow | FDGB | |
| Friedrich Wehmer | VdgB | |
| Helene Weigel | Kulturbund | |
| Fritz Weißhaupt | DBD | |
| Erna Wenk | LDPD | March 1950 Expulsion from all offices, on April 19, 1950, announcement of the resignation |
| Gustav-Adolf Werner | SDA | |
| Paul Wessel | SED | |
| Herbert Wetzstein | LDPD | |
| Werner Winkler | FDGB | |
| Gustav Wirth | SED | |
| Hans Wittenburg | CDU | |
| Adam Wolfram | FDGB | |
| Frieda Wollermann-Köckeritz | SED | |
| Joseph Wujciak | CDU | |
| Alfred Wonderful | NDPD | |
| Richard Zänkner | FDGB | |
| Wilhelm Zaisser | SED | |
| Leo Zuckermann | SED | |
| Arnold Zweig | Kulturbund | |