Walter Ulbricht

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Walter Ulbricht was a German communist politician who served as the de facto leader of East Germany during its formative decades, overseeing the establishment of a socialist state and the construction of the Berlin Wall.

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Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person
communist
head of state
human
politician
burialPlace Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
surface form: Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
citizenship East Germany
German Empire
Weimar Republic
conflict World War I
countryGoverned East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath East Germany
dateOfBirth 1893-06-30
dateOfDeath 1973-08-01
deFactoLeaderOf East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
endTime 1971-05-03
exileIn Soviet Union
fullName Walter Ulbricht self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht
ideology Marxism–Leninism
Stalinism
imprisonedBy Nazi Germany
knownFor establishing a socialist planned economy in East Germany
leading the early German Democratic Republic
languageSpoken German
memberOf Communist Party of Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
militaryService German Army
notableEvent oversaw construction of the Berlin Wall
notableWork construction of the socialist state in East Germany
occupation carpenter
party functionary
placeOfBirth Leipzig NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Großer Döllnsee
surface form: Döllnsee
politicalParty Communist Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
positionHeld Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic
Deputy Prime Minister of East Germany
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
member of the Volkskammer
religion atheism
residence East Berlin
roleInEvent key decision-maker in building the Berlin Wall
spouse Lotte Kühn
Martha Schmellinsky
startTime 1950-07-25

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SED firstGeneralSecretary Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht fullName Walter Ulbricht self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht
SED leader Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party of Germany notableMember Walter Ulbricht