Otto Grotewohl

Otto Grotewohl
Otto Grotewohl
	Grotewohl in 1964
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 12 October 1949 – 21 September 1964
Head of state	Wilhelm Pieck; Walter Ulbricht;
First Deputy	Walter Ulbricht; Willi Stoph;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Willi Stoph
Chairman of the; Socialist Unity Party
	In office; 22 April 1946 – 25 July 1950 Serving with Wilhelm Pieck
Deputy	Walter Ulbricht; Max Fechner;
Preceded by	himself (as Co-Chairman of the Central Committee of the SPD)
Succeeded by	Walter Ulbricht; (as General Secretary)
Chairman of the; Central Committee of the SPD
	In office; 15 June 1945 – 22 April 1946 Serving with Erich Gniffke, Max Fechner
Preceded by	Hans Vogel; (as Chairman of the Sopade)
Succeeded by	himself (as Co-Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party)
Minister-President
Free State of Brunswick Government
Minister of Justice; of the Free State of Brunswick
	In office; 13 February 1923 – 24 December 1924
Minister-President	Heinrich Jasper;
Preceded by	Ewald Vogtherr
Succeeded by	Johannes Lieff
	In office; 28 March 1922 – 23 May 1922
Minister-President	Otto Antrick;
Preceded by	August Junke
Succeeded by	Heinrich Jasper (acting)
Minister of Public Education; of the Free State of Brunswick
	In office; 25 November 1920 – 23 May 1922
Minister-President	Sepp Oerter; August Junke; Otto Antrick;
Preceded by	Sepp Oerter (acting)
Succeeded by	Rudolf Kaefer
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Volkskammer
	In office; 18 March 1948 – 21 September 1964
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Eberhard Alff (1965)
Member of the Reichstag ; for Südhannover-Braunschweig
	In office; 31 October 1925 – 31 March 1933
Preceded by	Elise Bartels
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the; Landtag of the Free State of Brunswick
	In office; 22 June 1920 – 1926
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Robert Oppermann
Personal details
Born	Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl; 11 March 1894; Braunschweig, Duchy of Braunschweig, German Empire (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died	21 September 1964 (aged 70); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party; (1946–1964)
Other political; affiliations	Social Democratic Party (1912–1918; 1922–1946); Independent Social Democratic Party (1918–1922)
Spouse	Marie Martha Louise
Children	2
Occupation	Politician; Printer;
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Army
Unit	137th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I
	Central institution membership 1949–1964: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1946–1964: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1960–1964: Deputy Chairman,; State Council ; 1960–1964: Member, State Council ; 1960–1964: Member,; National Defence Council ;

Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtoː ˈɡʁoːtəvoːl]; 11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in September 1964.

Grotewohl was a Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician in the Free State of Brunswick during the Weimar Republic and leader of the party branch in the Soviet Occupation Zone after World War II. Grotewohl led the SPD's merger with the Communist Party (KPD) to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 and served as co-chairman of the party with KPD leader Wilhelm Pieck until 1950. Grotewohl chaired the Council of Ministers after the establishment of the GDR in 1949 and served as the de jure head of government under First Secretary Walter Ulbricht until his death in 1964.

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