State Planning Commission (East Germany)

The State Planning Commission (SPC) (German: Staatliche Plankommission) was a central state authority of the GDR Council of Ministers for planning, coordinating and proportional development of all sectors of the economy, public education and other areas of public life in the districts and for solving the most important economic tasks.

The annual national economic plan passed by the People's Chamber had the force of law.

For this purpose the East German government agreements were concluded within the framework of socialist economic integration.

The SPC was based in the former building of the Prussian Landtag (state parliament) at the address Leipziger Straße 5–7 in East Berlin's Mitte district .

The chairmen of the State Planning Commission had ministerial rank and usually also served as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and were full or candidate (in case of Schürer) members of the SED Politburo.