National Defence Council (East Germany)
| Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR (German) | |
Arms of the GDR | |
Arms of the NVA | |
Standard of the chairman | |
| Supreme command of the National People's Army overview | |
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| Formed | 16 March 1960 |
| Dissolved | 6 December 1989 (de facto) 3 October 1990 (de jure) |
| Type | National defense |
| Headquarters | Strausberg |
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The National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic (German: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR - NVR) was created in 1960 as the supreme state body of the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany or the GDR) in charge of national defense matters, including mobilization planning. The NVR held the supreme command of the GDR's armed forces (including the internal security forces), and the NVR's chairman was considered the GDR's commander-in-chief.