Template:DDR-Presidents
Heads of state of East Germany | ||
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| President of the Republic (German: Präsident der Republik) (1949–1960) |  | |
| Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR (German: Vorsitzender des Staatsrats der DDR) (1960–1990) | Walter Ulbricht (SED, 1960-1973) · Friedrich Ebert, Jr. (SED, acting, 1973) · Willi Stoph (SED, 1973-1976) · Erich Honecker (SED, 1976-1989) · Egon Krenz (SED, 1989) · Manfred Gerlach (LDPD, 1989-1990) | |
| President of the People's Chamber of the GDR (German: Präsident der Volkskammer der DDR) (1990) | ||
1President at the time of unification with West Germany | ||