General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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party leadership position political office

The General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the highest-ranking leadership post in East Germany’s ruling communist party, effectively serving as the country’s top political authority.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
General Secretary of the SED 3
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany canonical 2
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToOrganization Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
appointedBy Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
associatedWithAlliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
associatedWithBloc Eastern Bloc ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
associatedWithPoliticalSystem one-party socialist state ⓘ
associatedWithState East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
controls Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Unity Party of Germany Central Committee

Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Unity Party of Germany Politburo
country East Germany ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
governsThrough democratic centralism ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver overall political direction of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
policies of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
ideologyOfOfficeHolder Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union General Secretary model ⓘ
isDeFactoEquivalentOf head of government of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
head of state of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
officeCreatedInContextOf post–World War II division of Germany ⓘ
officeHoldersExerciseControlOver armed forces of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
economic planning in the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
security services of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
state apparatus of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBelongTo Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
partOf leadership structure of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
politicalSystemType single-party rule ⓘ
positionInPartyHierarchy highest-ranking position in the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
positionInStateHierarchy de facto head of state power in East Germany ⓘ
powerBasedOn party control over state and society ⓘ
relatedOffice Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
residenceCity East Berlin ⓘ
residenceCountry East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
roleInPoliticalSystem de facto highest political authority in East Germany ⓘ
head of ruling communist party in East Germany ⓘ
seat Berlin ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ
shortName General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary of the SED
titleInGerman General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Generalsekretär der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands
typicalTitleStyle Comrade ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Egon Krenz → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
SED Politburo → headOfGovernmentRole → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the SED
SED Politburo → deFactoLeader → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the SED
Sonja Honecker → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Erich Honecker
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → shortName → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Secretary of the SED
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → titleInGerman → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Generalsekretär der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → relatedOffice → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany