Allied Military Government in Berlin

Allied Military Government in Berlin
Military occupation
← 1955–1990 → →
Occupied Germany (1945-55) → →
Capital	Berlin
Status	Military occupation
City Commendant
- 1945	Floyd L. Parks
- 1945	James M. Gavin
- 1945-1946	Ray W. Barker
- 1946-1947	Frank A. Keating
- 1947	Cornelius E. Ryan
- 1947	William Hesketh
Lord Mayor (West)
- 1945	Vacant
- 1945-1946	Arthur Werner
- 1946-1947	Otto Ostrowski
- 1947-1948	Louise Dorothea Schroeder
- 1948	Ferdinand Friedensburg
- 1948-1951	Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter
Lord Mayor (East)
- 1948-1967	Friedrich Ebert
- 1967-1974	Herbert Kurt Fechner
- 1974-1990	Erhard Krack
- 1990	Christian Hartenhauer
- 1990-1991	Tino-Antoni Schwierzina
- 1991	Thomas Krüger
History
- May 5, 1955	Occupation of West Germany ends
- September 21, 1955	Occupation of East Germany ends
- September 12, 1990	Final Settlement
- October 3, 1990	Unification of Germany
- March 15, 1991	Allied control ends
Occupied Germany	Unified Germany  Berlin
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The Allied Military Government in Berlin (1955-1990) was a period when the Allied Military Government of Germany continued to be in force in the city of Berlin, despite the fact that military occupation had ended in both West Germany and East Germany in 1955. Berlin became a part of the Federal Republic of Germany on October 3, 1990 with the reunification of Germany. Formal Allied control was finally disbanded on May 15, 1991.

City Commendant

American Sector

• Floyd L. Parks (Jul 4, 1945 - Sep 2, 1945)
• James M. Gavin (Sep 2, 1945 - Oct 10, 1945)
• Ray W. Barker (Oct 10, 1945 - May 1, 1946)
• Frank A. Keating (May 1, 1946 - May 13, 1947)
• Cornelius E. Ryan (May 13, 1947 - Sep 23, 1947)
• William Hesketh (Sep 23, 1947 - Nov 30, 1947)
• Frank Leo Howley (Nov 30, 1947 - Aug 31, 1949)
• Maxwell D. Taylor (Aug 31, 1949 - Jan 31, 1951)
• Lemuel Mathewson (Jan 31, 1951 - Jan 2, 1953)
• Thomas S. Timberman (Jan 2, 1953 - Aug 4, 1954)
• George B. Honnen (Aug 4, 1954 - Sep 9, 1955)
• Charles L. Dasher (Sep 9, 1955 - Jun 3, 1957)
• Barksdale Hamlett (Jun 3, 1957 - Dec 15, 1959)
• Ralph M. Osborne (Dec 15, 1959 - May 3, 1961)
• Albert Watson II (May 3, 1961 - Jan 2, 1963)
• James H. Polk (Jan 2, 1963 - Aug 31, 1964)
• John F. Franklin, Jr. (Aug 31, 1964 - Jun 3, 1967)
• Robert G. Fergusson (Jun 3, 1967 - Feb 28, 1970)
• George M. Seignious II (Feb 28, 1970 - May 12, 1971)
• William W. Cobb (May 12, 1971 - Jun 10, 1974)
• Sam S. Walker (Jun 10, 1974 - Aug 11, 1975)
• Joseph C. McDonough (Aug 11, 1975 - Jun 7, 1978)
• Calvert P. Benedict (Jun 7, 1978 - Jul 5, 1981)
• James G. Boatner (Jul 5, 1981 - Jun 27, 1984)
• John H. Mitchell (Jun 27, 1984 - Jun 1, 1988)
• Raymond E. Haddock (Jun 1, 1988 - Oct 2, 1990)

British Sector

• Lewis O. Lyne (Jul 5, 1945 - Aug 30, 1945)
• Eric P. Nares (Aug 30, 1945 - Jun 13, 1947)
• Edwin Otway Herbert (Jun 13, 1947 - Jan 23, 1949)
• Geoffrey K. Bourne (Jan 23, 1949 - Oct 24, 1951)
• Cyril Frederick Charles Coleman (Oct 24, 1951 - Mar 13, 1954)
• William Pasfield Oliver (Mar 13, 1954 - Apr 30, 1955)
• Robert Charles Cottrell-Hill (Apr 30, 1955 - Feb 6, 1956)
• Francis David Rome (Feb 6, 1956 - Mar 20, 1959)
• Rohan Delacombe (Mar 20, 1959 - May 4, 1962)
• Claude Ian Hurley Dunbar (May 4, 1962 - Dec 7, 1962)
• David Peel-Yates (Dec 7, 1962 - Jan 28, 1966)
• Sir John Nelson (Jan 28, 1966 - Mar 7, 1968)
• F. James C. Bowes-Lyon (Mar 7, 1968 - Nov 19, 1970)
• Alan Cathcart, Earl Cathcart (Nov 19, 1970 - Aug 2, 1973)
• David W. Scott-Barrett (Aug 2, 1973 - Nov 29, 1975)
• Roy M.F. Redgrave (Nov 29, 1975 - Jan 24, 1978)
• Robert F. Richardson (Jan 24, 1978 - Sep 15, 1980)
• J. David Frederick Mostyn (Sep 15, 1980 - Oct 7, 1983)
• B.C. Gordon Lennox (Oct 7, 1983 - Dec 1985)
• Patrick G. Brooking (Dec 1985 - Jan 16, 1989)
• Robert J.S. Corbett (Jan 16, 1989 - Oct 2, 1990)

French Sector

• Geoffroi du Bois de Beauchesne (Jul 11, 1945 - Mar 12, 1946)
• Charles Lancon (Mar 12, 1946 - Oct 4, 1946)
• Jean Ganeval (Oct 4, 1946 - Oct 5, 1950)
• Pierre Carolet (Oct 5, 1950 - Dec 31, 1952)
• Pierre Mançeaux-Démiau (Dec 31, 1952 - Dec 31, 1954)
• Amédée J.B. Gèze (Dec 31, 1954 - Sep 30, 1958)
• Jean Lacomme (Sep 30, 1958 - Feb 25, 1962)
• Édouard Toulouse (Feb 25, 1962 - 1964)
• François Binoche (1964 - 1967)
• Bernard Huchet de Quénetain (1967 - 1970)
• Maurice Routier (1970 - 1973)
• Camille Metzler (1973 - 1975)
• Jacques Mangin (1975 - 1977)
• Bernard d'Astorg (1977 - 1980)
• Jean P. Liron (1980 - 1984)
• Olivier Le Taillendier de Gabory (1984 - 1985)
• Paul Cavarrot (1985 - 1987)
• François Cann (1987 - Oct 2, 1990)

Soviet Sector

• Nikolay Erastovich Berzarin (May 2, 1945 - Jun 16, 1945)
• Aleksandr Vasilyevich Gorbatov ( - Nov 19, 1945)
• Dmitry Sergeyevich Smirnov (Nov 19, 1945 - Apr 1, 1946)
• Aleksandr Georgiyevich Kotikov (Apr 1, 1946 - Jun 7, 1950)
• Sergey Alekseyevich Dengin (Jun 7, 1950 - Apr 1953)
• Pyotr Akimovich Dibrova (Apr 1953 - Jun 23, 1956)
• Andrey Chamov (Jun 23, 1956 - Feb 26, 1958)
• Matvey Vasilyevich Zakharov (Feb 26, 1958 - May 9, 1961)
• Andrey Soloviev (May 9, 1961 - Aug 22, 1962)
• Helmut Poppe (Aug 22, 1962 - May 31, 1971)
• Artur Kunath (May 31, 1971 - Aug 31, 1978)
• Karl-Heinz Drews (Aug 31, 1978 - Dec 31, 1989)
• Wolfgang Dombrowski (Dec 31, 1989 - Sep 30, 1990)
• Detlef Wendorf (Sep 30, 1990 - Oct 2, 1990)

Lord Mayor of Berlin

• Vacant (May 2, 1945 - May 17, 1945)
• Arthur Werner (May 17, 1945 - Dec 10, 1946)
• Otto Ostrowski (Dec 10, 1946 - May 31, 1947)
• Louise Dorothea Schroeder (May 31, 1947 - Dec 7, 1948)
• Ferdinand Friedensburg (Dec 7, 1948 - Dec 1, 1948)
• Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (Dec 1, 1948 - Jan 18, 1951)

Governing Mayor of West Berlin

• Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (Jan 18, 1951 - Sep 29, 1953)
• Walther Schreiber (Sep 29, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955)
• Otto Suhr (Jan 11, 1955 - Aug 30, 1957)
• Franz Amrehn, acting (Aug 30, 1957 - Oct 3, 1957)
• Willy Brandt (Oct 3, 1957 - Dec 1, 1966)
• Heinrich Albertz (Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 19, 1967)
• Klaus Schütz (Oct 19, 1967 - May 2, 1977)
• Dietrich Stobbe (May 2, 1977 - Jan 23, 1981)
• Hans-Jochen Vogel (Jan 23, 1981 - Jun 11, 1981)
• Richard von Weizsäcker (Jun 11, 1981 - Feb 9, 1984)
• Eberhard Diepgen (Feb 9, 1984 - Mar 16, 1989)
• Walter Momper (Mar 16, 1989 - Jan 24, 1991)

Lord Mayor of East Berlin

• Friedrich Ebert, provisional (Nov 30, 1948 - Oct 17, 1954)
• Friedrich Ebert (Oct 17, 1954 - Jul 5, 1967)
• Herbert Kurt Fechner (Jul 5, 1967 - Feb 11, 1974)
• Erhard Krack (Feb 11, 1974 - Feb 15, 1990)
• Christian Hartenhauer (Feb 15, 1990 - May 30, 1990)
• Tino-Antoni Schwierzina (May 30, 1990 - Jan 11, 1991)
• Thomas Krüger, acting (Jan 11, 1991 - Jan 24, 1991)

Nation

• Germany (Post-war)

Germany After World War II

• Allied Military Government: Germany (1945-1955)
• Protectorate: Saarland (1947-1957)
• Federal Republic of Germany: West Germany (1949-1990)
• Satellite state: East Germany (1949-1990)
• International Authority for the Ruhr (1949-1952)

References

• Country Studies: Berlin (Library of Congress)
  
• World Statesmen.org