List of leaders of administrative divisions of East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), existed from 1949 to 1990. Until 1952 it was divided into five states (Länder): Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia. From 1952 to 1990 it was divided into 14 districts (Bezirke), named after their capitals: Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Magdeburg, Cottbus, Halle, Leipzig, Erfurt, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (renamed Chemnitz in 1953), Gera and Suhl. East Berlin was not counted as a Bezirke at first; after the 1961 Berlin Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall, it was recognized as the Bezirk Berlin, though it kept a special status until the 1968 constitution.
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
German Democratic Party (DDP)
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
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