{{Short description|none}} right|150px This list provides an alphabetically ordered overview of the members of the ''Zentralausschuss'' (literally "Central Commission"){{sfn|Fowkes|1984|p=xi}} of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) elected at the Party Congresses (1920–1923). It was abolished at the 10th Party Congress of the KPD in July 1925 in Berlin.{{sfn|Fowkes|1984|p=185–186}}

== 3rd Party Congress (February 1920) == The (illegally assembled) third Party Congress in Karlsruhe (25 – 26 February 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of eleven members:

'''Members''': * {{ill|Ernst Brandt|de}} * Karl Forst * {{ill|Willi Langrock|de}} * {{ill|Paul Malachinski|de}} * {{ill|Hans Pfeiffer (Politiker)|de|lt=Hans Pfeiffer}} * Jakob Schloer * Hermann Schroers * {{ill|Karl Schulz (Politiker, 1884)|de|lt=Karl Schulz}} * Robert Siewert * {{ill|Hans Tittel|de}} * Fritz Winguth

== 4th Party Congress (April 1920) == The (illegally assembled) fourth Party Congress in Berlin (14 – 15 April 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of 20 members:

'''Members''': * {{ill|Karl Baier (Politiker)|de|lt=Karl Baier}} * {{ill|Ernst Brandt|de}} * Karl Forst * "Garge" * Johann Geier * Otto Graf * {{ill|Ernst Graul|de}} * Erna Halbe * "Jakob" * {{ill|Karl Klein (Parteifunktionär)|de|lt=Karl Klein}} * {{ill|Willi Langrock|de}} * {{ill|Hans Pfeiffer (Politiker)|de|lt=Hans Pfeiffer}} * "Rockow" * "Schmidt" * {{ill|Friedrich Schnellbacher|de}} * Jakob Schloer * Robert Siewert * {{ill|Hans Tittel|de}} * Fritz Winguth * Karl Winkler

== 5th Party Congress (November 1920) == The delegates of the fifth Party Congress in Berlin (1 – 3 November 1920) elected a Central Commission consisting of 22 members:

'''Members''': * "Aschauer" * {{ill|Karl Baier (Politiker)|de|lt=Karl Baier}} * {{ill|Ernst Brandt|de}} * {{ill|Eugen Eppstein|de}} * "Garge" * {{ill|Paul Gmeiner|de}} * {{ill|Karl Jannack|de}} * Jakob Konieczny * Bernhard Kühl * {{ill|Willi Langrock|de}} * {{ill|Georg Lechleiter|de}} * Arthur Marks * Valeska Meinig * {{ill|Josef Miller (Politiker, 1883)|de|lt=Josef Miller}} * {{ill|Edwin Morgner|de}} * Ulrich Rogg * {{ill|Friedrich Schnellbacher|de}} * Robert Siewert * {{ill|Hans Tittel|de}} * Gustav Triebel * Fritz Winguth * "Wolf"

== 6th Party Congress (December 1920) == The sixth Party Congress in Berlin (4 – 7 December 1920) was the unification congress of the KPD and the left wing of the USPD. The delegates elected a Central Commission consisting of 39 members:<ref>{{cite book |title=Bericht über die Verhandlungen des Vereinigungsparteitages U.S.P.D. (Linke) und der K.P.D. (Spartakusbund) Abgehalten in Berlin vom 4. bis 7. Dezember 1920 |date=1921 |publisher=Communist Party of Germany |location=Berlin |pages=270–271 |url=https://archive.org/details/verhandlungen-des-vereinigungsparteitages-uspd-kpd-dezember-1920/page/270/mode/1up |access-date=10 April 2026 |language=German |trans-title=Report on the Proceedings of the Unification Congress of the U.S.P.D. (Left) and the K.P.D. (Spartacus League), Held in Berlin from December 4 to 7, 1920}}</ref>

'''Members''': * Waldemar Behrs * {{ill|Max Bock (Politiker, 1881)|de|lt=Max Bock}} * {{ill|Paul Böttcher|de}} * {{ill|Bruno Böttge|de}} * Franz Dahlem * Paul Franken * Ernst Friesland (alias for Ernst Reuter) * {{ill|Otto Geithner|de}} * Otto Graf * {{ill|Max Heydemann|de}} * Alwin Hentschel * Wilhelm Herzog * {{ill|Karl Jannack|de}} * Walter Kaiser * Leo Klinger * Artur König * Otto König * {{ill|Joseph Koering|de}} * Hermann Krause * Hedwig Krüger * Herbert von Mayenburg * {{ill|Fritz Ohlhof|de}} * Karl Poschmann * Heinrich Rau * Ulrich Rogg * {{ill|Friedrich Schnellbacher|de}} * Robert Siewert * {{ill|Johann Skjellerup|de}} * {{ill|Konrad Sychalla|de}} * Bruno Schramm * Georg Schumann * {{ill|Josef Staimer|de}} * {{ill|Heinrich Teuber|de}} * Ernst Thälmann * {{ill|Hans Tittel|de}} * {{ill|Hans Weber (Politiker, 1895)|de|lt=Hans Weber}} * {{ill|Paul Wegmann|de}} * Hugo Werner * Karl Winkelsässer

== 7th Party Congress (1921) == The seventh Party Congress in Jena (22 – 26 August 1921) elected a Central Commission consisting of 36 members:

'''Members''': * Heinrich Böschen * {{ill|Alfred Bochert|de}} * Noah Borowski * Karl Eckhardt * {{ill|Eugen Eppstein|de}} * Ruth Fischer * Paul Franken * {{ill|Otto Geithner|de}} * Ottomar Geschke * Theodor Gohr * Martin Hoffmann * {{ill|Anton Jadasch|de}} * {{ill|Karl Jannack|de}} * Leo Klinger * Bernhard Kühl * Arkadi Maslow * Herbert von Mayenburg * Peter Mieves * {{ill|Wilhelm Obendiek|de}} * {{ill|Jakob Ritter|de}} * Willy Sachse * Robert Siewert * {{ill|Konrad Sychalla|de}} * {{ill|Josef Staimer|de}} * {{ill|Max Strötzel|de}} * {{ill|Adolf Scholz (Politiker)|de|lt=Adolf Scholz}} * Bruno Schramm * Reinhold Schoenlank * Georg Schumann * Ernst Thälmann * {{ill|Hans Tittel|de}} * Hugo Urbahns * {{ill|Willi Wallstab|de}} * {{ill|Hans Weber (Politiker, 1895)|de|lt=Hans Weber}} * Ernst Wollweber * {{ill|Georg Zwilling|de}}

== 8th Party Congress (1923) == The delegates of the eighth Party Congress meeting in Leipzig (28 January – 1 February 1923) elected a Central Commission consisting of 38 members:

'''Members''': * Heinrich Alles * "Mittelrhein" * Heinrich Böschen * {{ill|Alfred Buhler|de}} * Erich Czernecki * {{ill|Paul Dietrich (Politiker)|de|lt=Paul Dietrich}} * {{ill|Adam Ebner|de}} * Karl Eckhardt * {{ill|Josef Eisenberger|de}} * {{ill|Eugen Eppstein|de}} * Ruth Fischer * Ottomar Geschke * Karl Grönsfelder * Kurt Grünthaler * Gustav Haubold * {{ill|Erich Hausen|de}} * {{ill|Karl Jannack|de}} * Bernard Koenen * Arkadi Maslow * {{ill|Josef Miller (Politiker, 1883)|de|lt=Josef Miller}} * Gustav Mößner * {{ill|Alfred Oelßner|de}} * August Radtke * Siegfried Rädel * {{ill|Jakob Ritter|de}} * Willy Sachse * Robert Siewert * Albert Stolzenburg * Carl Stucke * Alois Schlichting * {{ill|Adolf Scholz (Politiker)|de|lt=Adolf Scholz}} * Ernst Thälmann * {{ill|Albin Tenner|de}} * Hugo Urbahns * {{ill|Willi Wallstab|de}} * {{ill|Hans Weber (Politiker, 1895)|de|lt=Hans Weber}} * Ernst Wollweber * Otto Zimmermann

==References== {{Reflist}}

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