Workers' and Peasants' Inspection of East Germany

Workers' and Peasants' Inspection
Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Inspektion
National emblem of East Germany
Agency overview
Formed14 May 1963
Preceding agency
  • Central Commission for State Control (de facto)
Dissolved4 January 1990
Superseding agency
  • Committee for People's Control
JurisdictionEast Germany
HeadquartersClara-Zetkin-Strasse 93, East Berlin, East Germany
Employees677 (1969)
Agency executive
  • Albert Stief, Minister and Chairman
Parent departmentCentral Committee of the SED
Council of Ministers of East Germany

The Workers' and Peasants' Inspection (German: Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Inspektion) (ABI) was a ministry-level control organ in East Germany jointly subordinate to the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the Council of Ministers.

Its purpose was to ensure the strict implementation of party decisions and laws, with particular emphasis on holding economic institutions accountable.

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