Otto Grotewohl
Former Prime minister of the German Democratic Republic
Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in September 1964. Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1894, Braunschweig, Germany
Died: September 21, 1964 (age 70 years), East Berlin
Previous offices: Minister of Justice of the Free State of Brunswick (1923–1924), Minister of Justice of the Free State of Brunswick (1922–1922), and Minister of Public Education of the Free State of Brunswick (1920–1922)
Awards: Order of Karl Marx and Order of Lenin
Spouse: Johanna Schumann (m. 1949–1964) and Marie Martha Luise Ohst (m. 1919–1949)
Buried: October 15, 1964, Memorial of the Socialists, Berlin, Germany