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Otto Grotewohl

1894 - 1964

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Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtoː ˈɡʁoːtəvoːl]; 11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its founding in October 1949 until his death in September 1964. Grotewohl was a Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician in the Free State of Brunswick during the Weimar Republic and leader of the party branch in the Soviet Occupation Zone after World War II. Grotewohl led the SPD's merger with the Communist Party (KPD) to form the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 and served as co-chairman of the party with KPD leader Wilhelm Pieck until 1950. Grotewohl chaired the Council of Ministers after the formal establishment of the GDR in 1949 and served as the de jure head of government under First Secretary Walter Ulbricht until his death in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Grotewohl is the 2,873rd most popular politician (down from 2,493rd in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Germany (down from 666th in 2019) and the 211th most popular German Politician.

Otto Grotewohl was a German politician who served as the head of the East German government. He was the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960.

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Among politicians, Otto Grotewohl ranks 2,873 out of 19,576. Before him are Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Nectanebo II, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Agustín de Iturbide, Bolesław III Wrymouth, and Qasar. After him are Mieszko I of Poland, Petr Pavel, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Henry the Young King, Andronikos V Palaiologos, and Yoav Galant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Otto Grotewohl ranks 31. Before him are Heinrich Lübke, Harold Macmillan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Alfred Kinsey, C. R. Swart, and Hermann Oberth. After him are Satyendra Nath Bose, Dashiell Hammett, Benjamin Graham, Arthur Nebe, Wilhelm Bittrich, and Fyodor Tolbukhin. Among people deceased in 1964, Otto Grotewohl ranks 24. Before him are Palmiro Togliatti, Gerald Gardner, Karl Polanyi, Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, and Plaek Phibunsongkhram. After him are Giorgio Morandi, Alexandre Koyré, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Grotewohl ranks 749 out of 7,253. Before him are Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Michael Thonet (1796), Otto Rehhagel (1938), and Sandra (1962). After him are Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Andrew Wiles (1953), Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), Werner von Haeften (1908), Carlos Kleiber (1930), and Albert, King of Sweden (1340).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Otto Grotewohl ranks 211. Before him are Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Jürgen Stroop (1895), Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821). After him are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), Werner von Haeften (1908), Albert, King of Sweden (1340), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), and George V of Hanover (1819).

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