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![]() Pieck in 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 11 October 1949 – 7 September 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Karl Dönitz (as President of the Reich) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Walter Ulbricht (as Chairman of the State Council) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 April 1946 – 25 July 1950 Serving with Otto Grotewohl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by | himself (as Chairman of the KPD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Walter Ulbricht (as General Secretary) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Communist Party of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office February 1934 – 22 April 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Schehr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | himself (as Co-Chairman of the Socialist Unity Party) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck 3 January 1876 Guben, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Gubin, Poland) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 September 1960 East Berlin, East Germany | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1946–1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Germany (1918–1946) Social Democratic Party (1895–1918) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Christine Häfker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Elly Winter Arthur Pieck Eleonore Staimer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈpiːk]; 3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960.[1]
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