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 21 September 1964 – 3 October 1973 Acting: November 1960 – 21 September 1964
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 of the Socialist Unity Party
In office 25 July 1950 – 26 July 1953
First Secretary	Walter Ulbricht
Preceded by	Walter Ulbricht
Succeeded by	Gerhart Ziller (Economy)
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
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer for Dresden-Nord, Dresden-Ost[1] In office 22 February 1950 – 16 November 1989 Preceded by Wilhelm Pieck Succeeded by Horst Buder
Personal details
Born	Wilhelm Stoph (1914-07-09)9 July 1914 Schöneberg, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany)
Died	13 April 1999(1999-04-13) (aged 84) Berlin, Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1946–1989)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Germany (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

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.