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    Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (German pronunciation: [ˈeːgɔn ˈkʁɛnts]; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the...
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    forced to step down during the 1989 revolution. The party's last leader, Egon Krenz, was unsuccessful in his attempt to retain the SED's hold on political...
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    1990. Several of the GDR's leaders, notably its last communist leader Egon Krenz, were later prosecuted for offenses committed during the GDR's times....
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  • Krenz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Egon Krenz (born 1937), East German politician (SED) Eric Krenz (1906–1931), American athlete...
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    November 2017. "Der Spiegel 42/1989". ZDF, Die 50 Tage des Egon Krenz (The 50 Days of Egon Krenz), 2016 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peaceful Revolution...
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    number-two-man, Egon Krenz, a public statement was issued that called for "suggestions for attractive socialism". Over the following days Krenz worked to secure...
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  • 1987), Estonian rally driver Egon Kisch (1885–1948), Czechoslovak writer Egon Köhnen (born 1947), German footballer Egon Krenz (born 1937), German politician...
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    of the country after a series of health problems, and is succeeded by Egon Krenz. The National Assembly of Hungary votes to restore multi-party democracy...
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    longtime SED leader Erich Honecker and forced him to step down in favor of Egon Krenz. As part of the effort to change the regime's image, Schabowski was named...
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    executed. Famous inmates include East Germany's last communist leader Egon Krenz. The prison was founded by resolution of the Prussian government under...
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  • Head of State of the GDR and personal friend of the Castro brothers, Egon Krenz. "The Cuba Libre Story". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 24 July 2019...
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  • childhood heroes. He is close friends with former East German leader Egon Krenz. – DKP wählte neue Führung. unsere zeit - DKP's newspaper, 8 March 2013...
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    Germany served their sentences there, including Egon Krenz, Günter Schabowski, and Heinz Keßler. "B.Z. : Krenz mit großem Bahnhof im Gefängnis Hakenfelde empfangen...
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  • (1912–1994) 3 May 1971 18 October 1989 18 years, 168 days SED 3 Krenz, EgonEgon Krenz (born 1937) 18 October 1989 6 December 1989 49 days SED (Honorary)...
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    of the First Secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ, succeeding Egon Krenz, who joined the Politburo and Secretariat of the Central Committee of...
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    German Democratic Republic and the party base itself. He was replaced by Egon Krenz, who was not, however, able to stop the collapse of the party and the...
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    Stadion der Freundschaft in Cottbus, together with fellow Poliburo member Egon Krenz. This visit would allegedly come to be his last visit to a match of BFC...
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    East Germany was struggling to meet loan payments on foreign borrowings; Egon Krenz sent Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to unsuccessfully ask West Germany...
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    Youth (FDJ) and the Socialist Unity Party (SED). A longtime associate of Egon Krenz, in the German Democratic Republic, he served as the longtime head of...
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    economics were obliged to cooperate with the secretariat on this. When Egon Krenz, Honecker's successor as leader of the SED, failed in his bid to preserve...
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  • Union) and Alex begin dating shortly afterwards. Erich Honecker resigns, Egon Krenz takes over, the borders are opened, the Berlin Wall falls, East Germany...
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    chairman and an SED ally until Erich Honecker was deposed in favour of Egon Krenz in October 1989. On 2 November 1989, Götting was deposed by inner party...
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  • Le Duc Tho, Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Tikhonov, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Egon Krenz, Vladimir Shatalov, Zhu De, Andrei Gromyko, Gustáv Husák, János Kádár...
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    voted out, Stoph made the motion to depose Honecker and replace him with Egon Krenz. A month later, on 13 November, Stoph and his entire 44-member cabinet...
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    Germany, Erich Honecker, resigned on 18 October 1989 and was replaced by Egon Krenz that day. The wave of refugees leaving East Germany for the West kept...
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    Several other members of the former East German government, such as Egon Krenz, were nonetheless convicted. Poland – Wojciech Jaruzelski avoided most...
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    the State Council In office 6 December 1989 – 5 April 1990 Preceded by Egon Krenz Succeeded by Position abolished Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (as interim head...
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    appropriate forms and paperwork required for such a permit. In December 1989, Egon Krenz, the last Communist leader of East Germany, resigned all of his posts...
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  • (died 2018) 18 March — Rudi Altig, German cyclist (died 2016) 19 March — Egon Krenz, German politician 20 March — Helmut Recknagel, German ski jumper 22 March...
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    Hoffmann refused to switch services, however, and obtained approval from Egon Krenz (Erich Honecker’s successor) to remain a naval admiral. After the free...
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