Karl Steinhoff

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
	In office; 4 July 1945 – 5 December 1949
Deputy	Bernhard Bechler
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Rudolf Jahn
Preceded by
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; 24 November 1892; Herford, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Died	19 July 1981 (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.