What is Otto Grotewohl?
{{Infobox politician | name=Otto Grotewohl | image=Otto Grotewohl Anefo.jpg | nationality=[[Germans|German]] | office=[[Leadership of East Germany|Prime Minister of East Germany]] |president=[[Wilhelm Pieck]]<br>[[Walter Ulbricht]] | term_start=12 October 1949 | term_end=21 September 1964 | predecessor=''None''<br><small>[[Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk]], as last Head of Government of [[Nazi Germany]]</small> | successor=[[Willi Stoph]] | birth_date={{Birth date|1894|3|11|df=y}} | birth_place=[[Braunschweig]], [[Duchy of Brunswick]], [[German Empire]] | death_date={{Death date and age|1964|9|21|1894|3|11|df=y}} | death_place=[[East Berlin]], [[East Germany]] | party =[[Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany|USPD]], [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]], [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] | profession=[[Printer (publishing)|Printer]], [[politician]] | spouse = Marie Martha Louise | children = 2 }} '''Otto Grotewohl''' (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtoː ˈɡʁoːtəvoːl]; 11 March 1894 – 23 September 1964) was an [[East Germany|(East)]] [[Germany|German]] politician. He was co-chairman of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (SED) from 1946 to 1950 (together with [[Wilhelm Pieck]]), and the first [[prime minister]] of the [[German Democratic Republic]] from 1949 until his death in 1964. On behalf of the [[Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (USPD) and later the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD) Grotewohl was a member of the [[Landtag]] of the [[Free State of Brunswick]] from 1920 to 1930, and also a minister of the Free State of Brunswick. He was also a member of the [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]] from 1925 to 1933. {{SED-leaders}} {{DDR-PrimeMinisters}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grotewohl, Otto}} [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1964 deaths]] [[Category:German people of World War II]] [[Category:German prisoners]] [[Category:Members of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic)]] [[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]] [[Category:Politicians from Lower Saxony]] [[Categor