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- Height5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
- Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 - 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker had close ties to the Soviet Union, which maintained a large army in the country.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpousesEdith Baumann(1949 - January 26, 1955) (divorced, 1 child)Charlotte Schanuel(December 23, 1946 - 1947) (her death)Margot Honecker(? - May 29, 1994) (his death, 1 child)
- Daughter Erika (b. 1950) with his second wife Edith Baumann. Daughter Sonja (b. 1. December 1952) with his third wife Margot Honecker (1951).
- Chairman of the Defence Council of the German Democratic Republic (3 May 1971 to 18 October 1989).
- First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (3 May 1971 to 18 October 1989).
- Chairman of Free German Youth (1946-1955).
- Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic (29 October 1976 to 24 October 1989).
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