Wilhelm Pieck

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German person communist head of state human politician

Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who became the first (and only) president of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) after World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person ⓘ
communist ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Order of Karl Marx ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ
Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Order of the Red Banner ⓘ
burialPlace Memorial to the Socialists ⓘ
surface form: Memorial to the Socialists, Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
child Arthur Pieck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eleanor Pieck ⓘ
Elly Winter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876-01-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-09-07 ⓘ
describedBySource German Democratic Republic state records ⓘ
familyName Pieck ⓘ
givenName Friedrich ⓘ
Wilhelm ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
memberOf Comintern ⓘ
surface form: Communist International

Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Spartacus League ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor being the first and only president of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
occupation carpenter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
officeContested President of Germany ⓘ
participantIn German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
German resistance to Nazism ⓘ
Spartacist uprising ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Guben ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Province of Brandenburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
positionHeld Co-chairman of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Member of the Reichstag ⓘ
Member of the Volkskammer ⓘ
President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature Signature of Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
spouse Christine Pieck ⓘ
workLocation East Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin

Moscow ⓘ

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

SED → firstGeneralSecretary → Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany → foundedBy → Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
Spartacus League → foundedBy → Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ