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Germany · Politics / Socialist Unity Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1946–1989Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1946

Otto Grotewohl21 April 1946

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

Wilhelm Pieck21 April 1946

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

1950

Walther Ulbricht21 April 1950

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

1971

Erich Honecker3 May 1971

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

1989

Gregor Gysi18 October 1989

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

Egon Krenz18 October 1989

Berlin · Politics / Socialist Unity Party

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

Names involved

Egon KrenzErich HoneckerGregor GysiOtto GrotewohlWalther UlbrichtWilhelm Pieck

Provenance

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