SED

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Marxist–Leninist party communist party political party

SED was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party that governed East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) from its founding in 1949 until the end of communist rule in 1989.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marxist–Leninist party → communist party → political party →
alignedWith	Soviet Union →
bannedOppositionParties	yes →
claimedToRepresent	peasants → working class →
controlled	National Front of the German Democratic Republic →
country	East Germany → German Democratic Republic →
deFactoStatus	ruling party → state party →
dissolved	1990 →
facedEvent	1953 East German uprising → Peaceful Revolution in East Germany →
firstGeneralSecretary	Walter Ulbricht → Wilhelm Pieck →
formedByMergerOf	Communist Party of Germany → Social Democratic Party of Germany (East zone) →
founded	1949 →
fullName	Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands →
fullNameInEnglish	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
governed	German Democratic Republic →
governedFrom	1949 →
governedUntil	1989 →
headquartersCountry	German Democratic Republic →
headquartersLocation	East Berlin →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
influenced	GDR constitution →
introducedPolicy	centralized planned economy in East Germany → collectivization of agriculture in East Germany →
languageOfName	German →
leader	Egon Krenz → Erich Honecker → Walter Ulbricht →
lostPower	1989 →
massOrganization	Democratic Women’s League of Germany → Free German Trade Union Federation → Society for German–Soviet Friendship →
memberOf	Cominform →
monopolyOnPower	yes →
operatedInPoliticalSystem	one-party socialist state →
partyColor	red →
politicalPosition	far-left →
shortName	SED →
stateSecurityOrgan	Stasi →
successorOrganization	Party of Democratic Socialism →
supportedBy	Soviet occupation authorities in East Germany →
youthWing	Free German Youth →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
SED → Socialist Unity Party of Germany →	shortName