Otto Grotewohl, 1946–50, ; State President, 1949–60) Otto Grotewohl (Chairman of the SED - jointly with Wilhelm Pieck, 1946–50; Chairman of the Council of Ministers, 1949–64) Willi Stoph (Chairman of the Council of Ministers, 1964–73 and 1976–89; Chairman of the Council of State, 1973–76) Egon Krenz (General Secretary of the SED, 1989; Chairman of the Council of State, 1989) Hans Modrow, last socialist head of government Lothar de Maizière, first (and only) non-socialist head of government Günter Schabowski, famous for his role (as a government spokesman) in the fall of the Berlin Wall Others Erich Mielke Wilhelm Külz Günter Mittag Robert Havemann Gregor Gysi Harry Tisch Hermann Axen Hilde Benjamin Johannes R. Becher See also History of the German Democratic Republic Communist state Leaders of East Germany National Front (East Germany) Soviet Military Administration in Germany Constitution of East Germany German Economic Commission German People's Congress German People's Council People's Control Commission People's Chamber List of Volkskammer members (9th election period) Sources Library of Congress References External links http://www.paper.olaf-freier.de/blockpt.htm