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.

Aliases (2)

Honecker ×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	German Democratic Republic → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1912-08-25 →
dateOfDeath	1994-05-29 →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Honecker →
givenName	Erich →
headOfGovernment	German Democratic Republic →
headOfStateOf	German Democratic Republic →
ideology	Stalinism → state socialism →
memberOf	Communist Party of Germany → Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
movement	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
name	Erich Honecker →
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	Margot Honecker →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich Honecker ("Honecker") →	familyName
SED →	leader
Erich Honecker →	name
Socialist Unity Party of Germany →	notableLeader
Egon Krenz →	precededInOffice
Erich Honecker ("Margot Honecker") →	spouse