Karl Steinhoff

Karl Steinhoff
Steinhoff in 1951
Minister for the Interior
In office 7 October 1949 – 9 May 1952
Minister-President	Otto Grotewohl
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Willi Stoph
Minister-President of Brandenburg[a]
In office 4 July 1945 – 5 December 1949
Deputy	Bernhard Bechler
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Rudolf Jahn
Volkskammer Member of the Volkskammer In office 8 November 1950 – 19 November 1954 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by multi-member district
Personal details
Born	Carl Steinhoff (1892-11-24)24 November 1892 Herford, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Died	19 July 1981(1981-07-19) (aged 88) Wilhelmshorst, Bezirk Potsdam, East Germany
Political party	Socialist Unity Party (1949–1981)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Party (1923–1946)
Alma mater	University of Münster (Dr. jur.)
Occupation	Politician Civil Servant Lawyer
Central institution membership 1949–1950: Candidate member, Politburo of the Central Committee 1949–1954: Full member, Central Committee Other offices held 1949–1950: Member, Provisional Volkskammer 1948–1949: Member, German People's Council 1929–1932: Vice President, East Prussia 1928–1929: Vice President, Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen 1926–1928: District Administrator, Landkreis Zeitz

Karl Steinhoff (November 24, 1892 – July 19, 1981) was a Minister-president (Ministerpräsident) of the German state (Land) of Brandenburg, then part of East Germany, and later served as East Germany's Minister of the Interior.^[1]

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