At the inaugural meeting of the Volkskammer on 8 November 1950, Otto Grotewohl was elected Prime Minister.

At the same time, the law on the government of the German Democratic Republic was approved and thus given a structure.

Among them were 4 state secretaries with their own portfolio, whose secretariats were set up by resolution at the 1st government meeting, which took place before the 2nd Volkskammer conference.

At the 2nd government meeting on November 16, 1950, the respective state secretaries of the ministries were appointed by resolution.

The DBD was the only block party that did not provide a deputy prime minister at the beginning of the government period.