Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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Marxist–Leninist party communist party political party ruling party

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the Marxist–Leninist ruling party that controlled the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its founding until the end of communist rule in 1989.

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Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist party ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
alliedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
controlled National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
armed forces of the GDR ⓘ
economy of the GDR ⓘ
mass organizations in the GDR ⓘ
media in the GDR ⓘ
security services of the GDR ⓘ
state apparatus of the GDR ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
dissolutionCause Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany

collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe ⓘ
dissolved 1990-02-14 ⓘ
endTimeAsRulingParty 1989 ⓘ
followedPolicy Soviet model of socialism ⓘ
foundedBy Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Social Democratic Party of Germany (Eastern zone)
hadLeadingRoleInConstitution East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
democratic centralism ⓘ
inception 1946-04-21 ⓘ
internationalAffiliation Cominform ⓘ
surface form: Cominform (historically aligned)
introducedPolicy Berlin Wall construction support ⓘ
collectivization of agriculture in the GDR ⓘ
nationalization of industry in the GDR ⓘ
planned economy in the GDR ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legalStatus state party ⓘ
membershipPeak over 2 million members ⓘ
mergerOf Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Social Democratic Party of Germany (Eastern zone)
nativeLabel Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
notableLeader Egon Krenz ⓘ
Erich Honecker ⓘ
Otto Grotewohl ⓘ
Walter Ulbricht ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
operatedIn East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Soviet occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
parentOrganization none (dominant party in a one-party system de facto) ⓘ
partyColor red ⓘ
partyNewspaper Neues Deutschland ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
reformedAs Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) ⓘ
shortName SED ⓘ
startTimeAsRulingParty 1949 ⓘ
subOrganization Democratic Women’s League of Germany ⓘ
FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) ⓘ
Free German Youth ⓘ
Society for German–Soviet Friendship ⓘ
successor Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) ⓘ
symbol hammer and compass emblem with wreath of rye (GDR state emblem used by party) ⓘ
wasRulingPartyOf East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
youthWing Free German Youth ⓘ

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

Society for German–Soviet Friendship → affiliatedWith → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Neues Deutschland → associatedWith → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Democratic Women’s League of Germany → closelyAlignedWith → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: East German National People's Army
FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) → controlledBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: FDGB
Free German Youth → controlledBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
National Front of the German Democratic Republic → controlledBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
East Germany → dominantParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Eastern Bloc regimes → dominantParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
National Front of the German Democratic Republic → dominantParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Democratic Women’s League of Germany → foundedBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Free German Youth → foundedBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
National Front of the German Democratic Republic → foundedBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Society for German–Soviet Friendship → foundedBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
SED → fullName → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
SED → fullNameInEnglish → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
East Berlin → governingParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Egon Krenz → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Erich Honecker → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Günter Schabowski → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Hans Modrow → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Otto Grotewohl → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Walter Ulbricht → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck → memberOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany → mergedInto → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany → nativeLabel → Socialist Unity Party of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
Democratic Women’s League of Germany → politicalAlignment → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
East German Stasi → politicalAlignment → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
FDGB (Free German Trade Union Federation) → politicalAlignment → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: FDGB
Free German Youth → politicalAlignment → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Egon Krenz → politicalParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Erich Honecker → politicalParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Walter Ulbricht → politicalParty → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Nationale Volksarmee → politicallyControlledBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) → precededBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Democratic Women’s League of Germany → subordinateTo → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany → successor → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery → usedBy → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
Free German Youth → youthWingOf → Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ