Ruler · 1937 – present
Egon Krenz
Born 1937, living; politician. De facto leader of East Germany, 1989.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- since 1937
- living
- Lines
- 1
- East Germany
- Left it
- deposed
- the ruler's own article
De facto leader
East Germany · the 3rd of 4 dated reigns · 1949 – 1990
Reigned 1989 · under a year
- Left it
- deposedread from the ruler's own article
The SED gave up its monopoly of power some weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Krenz was forced to resign shortly afterward.
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