Egon Krenz

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East German politician communist politician human politician

Egon Krenz is a German former communist politician best known as the last leader of East Germany, overseeing the final weeks of the GDR during the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East German politician → communist politician → human → politician →
countryOfCitizenship	German Democratic Republic → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1937-03-19 →
education	Party school of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	Krenz →
givenName	Egon →
hasLivingStatus	living →
headOfGovernmentOf	German Democratic Republic →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → state socialism →
languageSpoken	German →
memberOf	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
name	Egon Krenz →
notableFor	being the last leader of East Germany → role during the fall of the Berlin Wall →
occupation	politician →
officeEnd	1989-12-06 →
officeStart	1989-10-18 →
oversawEvent	Peaceful Revolution in East Germany → fall of the Berlin Wall →
participatedIn	Cold War politics →
placeOfBirth	Kolberg → Nazi Germany → Pomerania → Province of Pomerania →
politicalParty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
positionHeld	Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic → Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic → First Secretary of the Free German Youth → General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → member of the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany → member of the Volkskammer →
precededInOffice	Erich Honecker →
residence	Germany →
servedPrisonSentenceIn	Germany →
sexOrGender	male →
succeededInOfficeBy	Manfred Gerlach NERFINISHED →
timeInOfficeCoincidedWith	collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe →
wasConvictedOf	manslaughter related to deaths at the Berlin Wall →
wasLastLeaderOf	German Democratic Republic →
wasTriedFor	crimes related to GDR border regime →

Referenced by (4)

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