Erich Honecker | |
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![]() Honecker in May 1976 | |
General Secretar o the Central Committee o the Socialist Unity Pairty o Germany | |
In office 3 Mey 1971 – 18 October 1989 | |
Precedit bi | Walter Ulbricht |
Succeedit bi | Egon Krenz |
Chairman o the State Cooncil o the German Democratic Republic | |
In office 29 October 1976 – 18 October 1989 | |
Precedit bi | Willi Stoph |
Succeedit bi | Egon Krenz |
Chairman o the Naitional Defense Cooncil o East Germany | |
In office 1971–1989 | |
Precedit bi | Walter Ulbricht |
Succeedit bi | Egon Krenz |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 August 1912 Neunkirchen, German Empire |
Dee'd | 29 Mey 1994 Santiago, Chile | (aged 81)
Naitionality | German |
Poleetical pairty | KPD (1922–1946) SED (1946–1989) KPD (1990–1994) |
Spoose(s) | Charlotte Schanuel (m. 1945; d. 1947) Edith Baumann (m. 1950; div. 1953) Margot Feist (m. 1953) |
Bairns | 2 |
Profession | Politeecian |
Religion | atheists |
Signatur | ![]() |
Erich Honecker (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ]; 25 August 1912 – 29 Mey 1994) wis a German politeecian who, as the General Secretar o the Socialist Unity Pairty, led the German Democratic Republic frae 1971 till the weeks precedin the faw o the Berlin Waw in 1989.