Erich Honecker (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ]; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party led East Germany from 1971 until the weeks preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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active years end date
1989-10-18
active years start date
1971-05-03, 1976-10-29
birth date
1912-08-25
birth place
German Empire, Neunkirchen Saarland
death date
1994-05-29
death place
Chile, Santiago
LCCN Id
n/50/28179
order in office
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic, Chairman of the National Defense Council of East Germany
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