Wilhelm Pieck Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Wilhelm Pieck, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Germany.

3 records1933–19493 events1 places

Chronological biography

1933

Enabling Act23 March 1933

Politics / Communist Party of Germany · Deputy · Berlin

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

1946

General21 April 1946

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

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

1949

Head of State11 October 1949

Government / GDR · Head of State · Berlin

Appointed Head of State for the GDR

Titles and roles

Deputy · General Secretary of SED · Head of State

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.