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Otto Grotewohl Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Otto Grotewohl, based on 7 World History Database records associated with Germany.

7 records1946–19506 events2 places

Chronological biography

1946

General21 April 1946
Politics / Socialist Unity Party · General Secretary of SED · Berlin

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

1949

Chairman12 October 1949
Government / GDR · Chairman of the Council of Minister's · Berlin

Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's for the GDR

1950

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)6 July 1950
Government / GDR · Prime Minister-GDR · Gorlitz

Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)6 July 1950
Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) · Prime Minister-GDR · Gorlitz

Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany

Oder-Neisse Line6 July 1950
Government / GDR · Prime Minister-GDR · Gorlitz

Recognizes the Oder-Neisse Line

Provisional Government6 July 1950
Government / GDR · Prime Minister-GDR · Gorlitz

Signed by Otto Grotewohl Prime Minister of the provisional Government of the GDR & Jozef Cyrankiewicz Prime Minister of Peoples Republic of Poland

Treaty of Gorlitz6 July 1950
Government / GDR · Prime Minister-GDR · Gorlitz

Worded as a declaration and is not recognised as a legitimate international Treaty by the members states of NATO and four years later when the Soviet Union granted East Germany independence the Soviet Union reserves rights over East Germany. Signed by Otto Grotewohl Prime Minister of the provisional Government of the GDR & Jozef Cyrankiewicz Prime Minister of Peoples Republic of Poland. Recognizes the Oder-Neisse Line

Titles and roles

Chairman of the Council of Minister's · General Secretary of SED · Prime Minister-GDR

Record provenance

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