The position of chairman was the de facto head of state and commonly held by the party leader. The government was headed by the Council of Ministers and its chairman, sometimes colloquially called …

The position of chairman was the de facto head of state and commonly held by the party leader. The government was headed by the Council of Ministers and its chairman, sometimes colloquially called …

The political leadership of East Germany was in the hands of several offices. On 1 December 1989, the People's Chamber removed the section of the East German Constitution granting the SED a monopoly …

East Germany was officially governed by a parliamentary system with power invested in the elected Volkskammer, the State Council (from 1960), the Council of Ministers, and the Supreme Court.

The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə demoˈkʀaːtɪʃə ʀepuˈbliːk] or DDR), informally known in English as East Germany, was a state within …

The political leadership of East Germany was distributed between several offices. The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and its leader held ultimate power and authority over state and government.

The government was headed by the Council of Ministers and its chairman, sometimes colloquially called Prime Minister. However, all the decisions were made by the party, with the cabinet implementing them.