Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck 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.
Pieck in 1946
Walter Ulbricht, Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl at the founding ceremony of the German Democratic Republic, 1949
Pieck meeting with Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, 1959
Pieck in June 1926, dedicating the memorial statue for the victims of the German November Revolution of 1918
Lists of political office-holders in East Germany
These are lists of political office-holders in East Germany. The political leadership of East Germany was distributed between several offices. However, until the Volkskammer removed a section in the GDR's constitution guaranteeing their monopoly on political power on 1 December 1989, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) held ultimate power and authority over state and government. Thus, the head of the SED's Politburo of the Central Committee was the de facto leader of the country.
Image: Opvolger van Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Bestanddeelnr 911 5926 (cropped)
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R1220 401, Erich Honecker
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1984 0704 400, Egon Krenz
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1989 1117 431, Hans Modrow, Dr
