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Wilhelm Pieck Biography and Timeline

Follow Wilhelm Pieck through 3 dated historical records for Germany.

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Wilhelm Pieck, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records

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1933–1949Years on this page

1933

23 March 1933

Enabling Act

Deputy · Berlin · Politics / Communist Party of Germany

Represents the excluded communist opposition, whose deputies are absent after arrests, flight and repression following the Reichstag fire.

Role range: 1928-1933

1946

21 April 1946

General

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

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

Role range: 1946-1950

1949

11 October 1949

Head of State

Head of State · Berlin · Government / GDR

Appointed Head of State for the GDR

Role range: 1949-1960

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