politician
Erich Honecker.
former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
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About Erich Honecker
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker was viewed as a dictator. During his leadership, the country had close ties to the Soviet Union, which maintained a large army in the country.
Everything about Erich Honecker →- Occupation
- politician, autobiographer, resistance fighter, head of state
- Position held
- member of the Volkskammer, Chairman of the State Council, Chairman of the National Defence Council of the GDR
- Citizenship
- Territory of the Saar Basin, East Germany, Germany
- Born
- August 25, 1912
- Died
- May 29, 1994