Egon Krenz
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Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (born 19 March 1937 in Kolberg,Nazi Germany) was a former East German politician of the German Democratic Republic. He served in the East German Army, NVA (Nationale Volkes Armee), where he attained the rank of Unteroffizere (Corporal). He was a high-ranking member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was the successor to Erich Honecker as leader of East Germany from 18 October 1989 until 3 December 1989, for a few weeks. Later, he was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and released in 2003.
Leaders of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) | ||
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| Chairman (German: Vorsitzende) (1946–1950) |  | |
| General/First Secretary of the Central Committee (German: Generalsekretär/Erster Sekretär des Zentralkommitees) (1950-1989) | ||
Heads of state of East Germany | ||
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| President of the Republic (German: Präsident der Republik) (1949–1960) |  | |
| Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR (German: Vorsitzender des Staatsrats der DDR) (1960–1990) | Walter Ulbricht (SED, 1960-1973) · Friedrich Ebert, Jr. (SED, acting, 1973) · Willi Stoph (SED, 1973-1976) · Erich Honecker (SED, 1976-1989) · Egon Krenz (SED, 1989) · Manfred Gerlach (LDPD, 1989-1990) | |
| President of the People's Chamber of the GDR (German: Präsident der Volkskammer der DDR) (1990) | ||
1President at the time of unification with West Germany | ||