Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Wikipedia
Born: August 25, 1912, Neunkirchen, Germany
Died: May 29, 1994 (age 81 years), Santiago, Chile
Spouse: Margot Honecker (m. 1953–1994), Charlotte Schanuel (m. 1946–1947), and Edith Baumann (m. ?–1953)
Children: Sonja Honecker and Erika Honecker
Party: Communist Party of Germany
Buried: May 30, 1994, Cementerio General, Recoleta, Chile
Organization founded: Free German Youth
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Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989.