President of the German Democratic Republic

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head of state office political office

The President of the German Democratic Republic was the head of state of East Germany from its founding in 1949 until the office was abolished in 1960 and its functions were transferred to the State Council.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
President of the German Democratic Republic canonical	8
Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik	2
Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic	1
President of the German Democratic Republic (earlier period)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office ⓘ political office ⓘ
abolishedWith	creation of the collective head of state, the State Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ surface form: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
appointedBy	People's Chamber of the GDR ⓘ surface form: People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic
associatedPartyOfOfficeholder	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction	East Berlin ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed	Emblem of East Germany ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the German Democratic Republic of 1949
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
createdFollowing	establishment of the German Democratic Republic in 1949 ⓘ
dateAbolished	12 September 1960 ⓘ
dateEstablished	11 October 1949 ⓘ
endTime	1960 ⓘ
firstOfficeholder	Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
flagUsed	Flag of East Germany ⓘ
functionTransferredTo	Council of State of the GDR ⓘ surface form: State Council of the German Democratic Republic
governmentType	Marxist–Leninist state ⓘ
headOfStateFor	socialist German state established in the Soviet occupation zone ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
jurisdiction	East Germany ⓘ East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
lastOfficeholder	Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved	Volkskammer ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith	President of Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal President of Germany President of Germany ⓘ
officeAbolishedIn	Constitutional reform of 1960 in the GDR ⓘ
officeHoldersCount	1 ⓘ
officeLocation	East Berlin ⓘ surface form: East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
officeStatus	defunct ⓘ
officeType	presidential office ⓘ
onlyOfficeholder	Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	one-party system dominated by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ socialist state ⓘ
predecessorOffice	no direct predecessor in an independent East German state ⓘ
region	Eastern Bloc ⓘ
replacedBy	President of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic
residence	Berlin ⓘ
role	head of state of East Germany ⓘ
seat	East Berlin ⓘ
shortName	President of the GDR ⓘ
startTime	1949 ⓘ
stateForm	people's republic ⓘ
successorOffice	Council of State of the GDR ⓘ surface form: State Council of the German Democratic Republic
termLength	not fixed in practice ⓘ
titleInGerman	President of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilhelm Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Patriotic Order of Merit in silver → awardingBody → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

National Prize of East Germany → presentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck

President of the German Democratic Republic → alsoKnownAs → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

President of the German Democratic Republic → replacedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic

President of the German Democratic Republic → titleInGerman → President of the German Democratic Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Order of Karl Marx → alsoPresentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic → presentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the German Democratic Republic (earlier period)

Christine Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck

Eleanor Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilhelm Pieck

Constitution of the German Democratic Republic → definesHeadOfState → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ