Honecker, Erich

© Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-1023-036/Rainer Mittelstädt

GDR politician (KPD, SED)
Political opponent of Brandt with whom he nevertheless had to hold talks

Born 1912
1930 Joined the KPD (Communist Party of Germany)
1935 Arrest
1937-1945 in the penitentiary in Brandenburg
1946-1955 Chairman of the Free German Youth
1958-1989 Member of the SED Politbüro
1958-1971 Secretary of the Central Committee for Security Issues
1971-1989 First Secretary (beginning in 1976 General secretary) of the SED
1976-1989 State Council Chairman (head of state) of the GDR
1994 died

Index of References

Biography

Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974

1974: 23 Jan, June-Sept

Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992

1983: 30 July
1985: 18-20 Sept
1987: 8 Sept

Politics

German unity 1989/90

Travels

1983-1992

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