Willi Stoph

Army General
Willi Stoph
Army General Willi Stoph
	Stoph in 1976
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 29 October 1976 – 13 November 1989
First Deputy	Werner Krolikowski; Alfred Neumann; Günther Kleiber;
Preceded by	Horst Sindermann
Succeeded by	Hans Modrow
	In office; 1 November 1960 – 3 October 1973
First Deputy	Alfred Neumann; Horst Sindermann;
Preceded by	Otto Grotewohl
Succeeded by	Horst Sindermann
Chairman of the State Council
	In office; 3 October 1973 – 29 October 1976
Preceded by	Friedrich Ebert Jr. (acting)
Succeeded by	Erich Honecker
Secretary for Economic Policy of the; Central Committee Secretariat
	In office; 25 July 1950 – 26 July 1953
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht;
Preceded by	Walter Ulbricht
Succeeded by	Gerhart Ziller (Economy)
Chairman
Grotewohl; Council of Ministers
First Deputy Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 4 July 1962 – 24 September 1964
Chairman	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Walter Ulbricht (1960)
Succeeded by	Alfred Neumann (1968)
Minister of National Defence
	In office; 1 March 1956 – 14 July 1960
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Heinz Hoffmann
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 6 May 1952 – 1 July 1955
Minister-President	Otto Grotewohl;
Preceded by	Karl Steinhoff
Succeeded by	Karl Maron
Preceded by
Volkskammer
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Dresden-Nord, Dresden-Ost
	In office; 22 February 1950 – 16 November 1989
Preceded by	Wilhelm Pieck
Succeeded by	Horst Buder
Personal details
Born	Wilhelm Stoph; 9 July 1914; Schöneberg, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	13 April 1999 (aged 84); Berlin, Germany
Party	SED (1946–1989)
Other political; affiliations	KPD (1928–1946)
Occupation	Politician; Engineer; Bricklayer;
Awards	Order of Karl Marx
	Central institution membership 1953–1989: Full member,; Politburo of the Central Committee ; 1950–1989: Full member,; Central Committee ; Other offices held 1964–1973; 1976–1989: Deputy Chairman,; State Council ; 1963–1989: Member, State Council ; 1960–1989: Member,; National Defence Council ; 1954–1963: Deputy Chairman,; Council of Ministers ; 1948–1950: Head, Department for Economic Policy of the Central Committee ;

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Wilhelm Stoph (9 July 1914 – 13 April 1999) was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He also served as chairman of the State Council from 1973 to 1976.