Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker was an East German politician who was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the former leader of the DDR. As party leader, he worked closely with Moscow (which had a large army stationed in East Germany). He controlled the East German government from 1971 until he was forced out in the weeks preceding the Berlin Wall fall in October 1989. From 1976 onward, he was also the country's official head of state as Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic following Willi Stoph's relinquishment.

Appearances

 * The Cold War (Part 2)