Erich Honecker

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communist politician head of state human politician

Erich Honecker was a German communist politician who led East Germany as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and head of state during much of the Cold War until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Erich Honecker canonical	12
Honecker	1
Honecker family	1
Margot Honecker	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist politician ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Chile ⓘ Santiago ⓘ
causeOfDeath	liver cancer ⓘ
child	Sonja Honecker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1912-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1994-05-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	Erich Honecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Honecker
givenName	Erich ⓘ
headOfGovernment	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
headOfStateOf	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
ideology	Stalin era ⓘ surface form: Stalinism state socialism ⓘ
memberOf	Communist Party of Germany ⓘ Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
movement	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
name	Erich Honecker self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	construction and maintenance of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
notableWork	leadership of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
officeEnd	1989-10-18 ⓘ
officeEnd (Chairman of State Council)	1989-10-18 ⓘ
officeStart	1971-05-03 ⓘ
officeStart (Chairman of State Council)	1976-10-29 ⓘ
participantIn	Cold War ⓘ German resistance to Nazism ⓘ World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth	German Empire ⓘ Neunkirchen ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Chile ⓘ Santiago ⓘ
politicalParty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairman of the National Defense Council of East Germany ⓘ Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Free German Youth ⓘ General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ member of the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
reasonForEndOfOffice	political crisis leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
religion	irreligion ⓘ
removedFromOffice	1989-10-18 ⓘ
residence	Berlin ⓘ East Berlin ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Erich Honecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Margot Honecker

Referenced by (15)

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

Socialist Unity Party of Germany → notableLeader → Erich Honecker ⓘ

SED → leader → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Erich Honecker → name → Erich Honecker self-link ⓘ

Erich Honecker → familyName → Erich Honecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Honecker

Erich Honecker → spouse → Erich Honecker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Margot Honecker

Egon Krenz → precededInOffice → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Fraternal Kiss mural → depicts → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Dmitri Vrubel → depictsInNotableWork → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Erich → hasNotableBearer → Erich Honecker ⓘ

SED Politburo → notableLeader → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Sonja Honecker → father → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Sonja Honecker → notableFamily → Erich Honecker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Honecker family

Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic → officeHolder → Erich Honecker ⓘ

Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR → chairperson → Erich Honecker ⓘ

subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR

Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR → member → Erich Honecker ⓘ

subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR