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Erich Honecker

Erich Ernst Paul Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989).

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Statements about Erich Honecker

Sex or Gender

Male

Date of Birth

8/25/1912

Date of Death

5/29/1994

Place of Birth

Neunkirchen

Place of Death

La Reina

Country of Citizenship

Territory of the Saar Basin
German Democratic Republic
Germany
(1990 - )
Start Time
: 1990

Member of Political Party

Communist Party of Germany
(1930 - )
Start Time
: 1930
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
( - 10/18/1989)
End Time
: 10/18/1989

Instance Of

Human

Spouse

Edith Baumann
(1947 - 1953)
Series Ordinal
:2
End Cause
:
Divorce
Start Time
: 1947
End Time
: 1953
Margot Honecker
(1953 - 5/29/1994)
Series Ordinal
:3
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
Start Time
: 1953
End Time
: 5/29/1994
Charlotte Schanuel
(12/23/1946 - 6/6/1947)
Series Ordinal
:1
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
Start Time
: 12/23/1946
End Time
: 6/6/1947

Image

Commons Gallery

Erich Honecker

Award Received

35 items
Order of José Martí
Hero of the Soviet Union
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Order of the October Revolution
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
Order of Augusto César Sandino
Gold Olympic Order
(1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Banner of Labor
Order of Klement Gottwald
Hero of Labour
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Patriotic Order of Merit (Honor Clasp)
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
(1970)
Point in Time
: 1970
Order of Hồ Chí Minh
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
(8/26/1977)
Point in Time
: 8/26/1977
Order of Playa Girón
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Order of the Victory of Socialism
(1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Patriotic Order of Merit
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Duplicate Entry
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the White Lion
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
(1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Order of the White Rose of Finland
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Duplicate Entry
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Duplicate Entry
Order of the Yugoslav Star
Order of the National Flag
Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic
Order of Lenin
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Order of Lenin
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Order of Lenin
(1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Order of Karl Marx
(1969)
Point in Time
: 1969
Order of Karl Marx
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Order of Karl Marx
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
Order of Karl Marx
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Order of Karl Marx
(1985)
Point in Time
: 1985
Gold Medal with Hero Rank of GDR
(1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
Gold Medal with Hero Rank of GDR
(1987)
Point in Time
: 1987

Given Name

Erich
Series Ordinal
:1
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Usual Forename
Ernst
Series Ordinal
:2
Q4925623
Series Ordinal
:3

Cause of Death

Liver Cancer

Occupation

Politician
Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter

Place of Burial

Santiago General Cemetery
Santiago

Residence

Chile
(January 1993 - 5/29/1994)
Start Time
: January 1993
End Time
: 5/29/1994
Moscow
(3/13/1991 - 7/29/1992)
Start Time
: 3/13/1991
End Time
: 7/29/1992
Moabit Prison
(7/29/1992 - )
Start Time
: 7/29/1992
Wiebelskirchen
Brandenburg-Görden Prison

Position Held

Member of the Volkskammer
Chairman of the State Council
(10/29/1976 - 10/24/1989)
Replaces
:
Willi Stoph
Replaced By
:
Egon Krenz
Start Time
: 10/29/1976
End Time
: 10/24/1989
Chairman of the National Defence Council of the GDR
(6/24/1971 - 10/18/1989)
End Cause
:
Resignation
Replaces
:
Walter Ulbricht
Replaced By
:
Egon Krenz
Start Time
: 6/24/1971
End Time
: 10/18/1989

Name in Native Language

Erich Honecker

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Хонеккер Эрих
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
SourceWatch List of Dictators
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 6
Page(s)
:544
Dresdner Hefte
Statement Is Subject Of
:
About the “Schuhu” And the “Golden Pot”
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Combine Formation and New Industrial Structure in the 1960s
Statement Is Subject Of
:
“We Must Liquidate the Capitalist Enterprises that Call Themselves Semi-State-Owned.”
Statement Is Subject Of
:
"Now We Need Apartments, Apartments, Apartments - We'll Have Time for Architecture Later."

Relative

Roberto Yáñez
Kinship to Subject
:
Daughter's Son
Karl Wildau
Kinship to Subject
:
Son-in-Law

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Educated At

International Lenin School

Member Of

Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
JSB
(1922 - 1926)
Start Time
: 1922
End Time
: 1926

Family Name

Honecker

Native Language

German

Child

Sonja Honecker
Erika Wildau

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

German

Influenced By

Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev

Different From

Eric Honegger

Birth Name

Erich Ernst Paul Honecker
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