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Willi Stoph

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Stoph was known as a man who could be trusted to carry out the directives of the SED's Politburo; indeed, Honecker tapped him for his second stint in the premiership for this reason. For the most part, Stoph was a loyal supporter of Honecker. Although he nominally held the highest state post in the
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in 1953. He served as Interior Minister from 9 May 1952 to 1 July 1955, and as East Germany's first Defense Minister from 18 January 1956 to 14 July 1960. As defense minister, he was awarded the rank of
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However, Stoph joined the plot to remove Honecker in October 1989. At the Politburo meeting at which Honecker was voted out, Stoph made the motion to depose Honecker and replace him with
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After having served as first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers (first Deputy Prime Minister) from 1960 to 1964, he was named Chairman of the Council of Ministers (
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GDR, in practice he was outranked by Honecker, who derived most of his power from his post as general secretary of the SED.
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in 1970. It marked the first ever meeting between the leaders of East and West Germany.
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During his first stint as Prime Minister, Stoph began a series of negotiations with
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Rogers, Steven (2014). "Stoph, Willi (1914–1999)". In Zabecki, David T. (ed.).
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Following the establishment of the GDR in 1949, Stoph became a member of the
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Stoph died in Berlin at the age of 84 on 13 April 1999. He was buried in
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Stoph delivering New Year's Eve address to the East German people, 1974
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Minister of the Interior of the German Democratic Republic
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Otto Grotewohl 1894-1964 : Eine politische Biographie
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He was conscripted into the 784:Central institution membership 1: 1768:Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1726:Interior Ministers of Germany 960:in 1950. He was named to the 593:for Dresden-Nord, Dresden-Ost 290:Central Committee Secretariat 16:German politician (1914–1999) 2178:Defence Ministers of Germany 1763:Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner 1758:Karl Heinrich von Boetticher 887:. In 1928, Stoph joined the 440:Minister of National Defence 372:First Deputy Chairman of the 2542:Federal Republic of Germany 2323:Federal Republic of Germany 2018:Federal Republic of Germany 1317:none (position established) 833:1954–1963: Deputy Chairman, 2849: 2419:Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer 2404:Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg 2274:German Democratic Republic 1964:German Democratic Republic 1611:German Democratic Republic 1482:German Democratic Republic 1142:. 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Index

Army General

Chairman
Council of Ministers
Chairman of the
State Council

Erich Honecker
Egon Krenz
Werner Krolikowski
Alfred Neumann
Günther Kleiber
Horst Sindermann
Hans Modrow
Chairman of the
State Council

Walter Ulbricht
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Otto Grotewohl
Chairman
State Council
Friedrich Ebert Jr.
Erich Honecker
Central Committee Secretariat
Socialist Unity Party
First Secretary
Walter Ulbricht
Gerhart Ziller
First Deputy Chairman of the
Council of Ministers

Chairman
Otto Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht
Alfred Neumann

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