SED

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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.

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SED canonical 3

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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
East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
deFactoStatus ruling party
state party
dissolved 1990
facedEvent 1953 East German uprising
Revolutions of 1989
surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
firstGeneralSecretary Walter Ulbricht
Wilhelm Pieck
formedByMergerOf Communist Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
surface form: Social Democratic Party of Germany (East zone)
founded 1949
fullName Socialist Unity Party of Germany
surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
fullNameInEnglish Socialist Unity Party of Germany
governed East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
governedFrom 1949
governedUntil 1989
headquartersCountry East Germany
surface form: 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
FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation)
surface form: 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 self-link
stateSecurityOrgan East German Stasi
surface form: Stasi
successorOrganization Party of Democratic Socialism
supportedBy Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
surface form: Soviet occupation authorities in East Germany
youthWing Free German Youth

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SED shortName SED self-link
DDR Abkürzung SED