• These are lists of political office-holders in East Germany. The political leadership of East Germany was distributed between several offices. However...
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    Chancellors of Germany. Leadership of East Germany List of chancellors of Germany by time in office List of German monarchs List of German presidents Minister-Presidents...
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  • office. Germany portal Politics portal German Emperor List of German monarchs President of Germany President of Germany (1919–1945) Leadership of East Germany...
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    Germany portal Politics portal Leadership of East Germany List of chancellors of Germany by time in office Religious affiliations of chancellors of Germany...
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    East German uprising of 1953 (German: Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 ) was an uprising that occurred in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)...
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    East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland, pronounced [ˈɔstˌdɔʏtʃlant] ), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik...
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    of the German Empire (1871–1890) is counted as one continuous term. Chancellor of Germany Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) Leadership of East...
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    Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217 currency code was...
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    The German Democratic Republic (GDR), German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), often known in English as East Germany, existed from 1949 to 1990...
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    commonly known as East Germany, from 1949 until 1960. The office was created by the Constitution of 1949 (Section V). The president of the Republic was...
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  • the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD...
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    Like the flags of the Weimar Republic, West Germany, and present-day Germany, the flag of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, showed the colours...
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    East German government adopted a new, fully Communist constitution that was based on Marxism–Leninism, political unitarism, and collective leadership...
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    Walter Ulbricht (category Heads of state of East Germany)
    Reconstruction of East Germany 1945–46. Princeton, 1983 Spilker, Dirk (2006). The East German leadership and the division of Germany : patriotism and...
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    pronounced [ˌɛsʔeːˈdeː] ) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution...
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  • (1950–1981) Prof. Lothar Kolditz (1981–1989) East Germany portal Politics portal Politics of East Germany List of Volkskammer members (9th election period)...
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    Erich Honecker (category Heads of state of East Germany)
    Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker was viewed as a dictator. During his leadership, the country...
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    of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany; GDR, DDR) was a command economy following the model of the Soviet Union based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism...
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    Ministry of National Defence and commanded by the National Defense Council of East Germany, headquartered in Strausberg 30 kilometers (19 mi) east of East Berlin...
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    of East Germany varied throughout the years due to the political and historical events that took place in the 20th century, especially as a result of...
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    reunification, East and West Berlin were also de facto united into a single city, which eventually became the capital of Germany. The East German government...
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  • The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), commonly known in English as East Germany) was created as a socialist...
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    of Staatssicherheit), was the state security service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990. The function of the Stasi in East Germany (the...
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    in Moscow. Under Thälmann's leadership the party directed most of its attacks against the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which it regarded as...
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    part of East Germany) (formerly part of East Germany) (formerly part of East Germany) (formerly part of East Germany) (formerly part of East Germany) (formerly...
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    Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps...
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    with its leadership dominated by the Soviet-aligned Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, West Germany built strong...
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  • position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself. History of Berlin East Berlin Governing Mayor of Berlin Leadership of East Germany...
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  • The administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (commonly referred to as East Germany) were constituted in two different forms during the...
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    political pragmatism drove this change: the socialist leadership was keen to promote East Germany as an anti-fascist state; improve its legitimacy domestically...
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