Egon Krenz Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Egon Krenz, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Germany.

4 records1983–19894 events2 places

Chronological biography

1983

Politburo1983

Politics / Socialist Unity Party · Member of Politburo · Bonn

Appointed Member of Politburo, hardline protege of Erich Honecker

1989

Party Leader1989

Politics / Socialist Unity Party · Party Leader of SEP · Bonn

AppointedLeader of the Socialist Unity Party

General18 October 1989

Politics / Socialist Unity Party · General Secretary of SED · Berlin

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

Head of State24 October 1989

Government / GDR · Head of State · Berlin

Appointed Head of State for the GDR

Titles and roles

General Secretary of SED · Head of State · Member of Politburo · Party Leader of SEP

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.