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Charged, along with others, with the fatal shootings at the Berlin Wall, sentenced. Before him are Władysław Reymont (1867), Józef Gosławski (1908), Leopold Kronecker (1823), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Bolesław I the Brave (967), and Norbert Elias (1897).

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Who is Egon Krenz?

Egon Krenz is a formerpolitician from East Germany and was that country's last Communist leader.

He succeededErichHonecker as leader of the rulingSocialistUnityParty of Germany and head of state in October 1989, but was ousted just underthreemonthslater amid the collapse of the communist regime.

Throughout his career, Krenz held a number of prominentpositions in the communist regime. Egon Krenz is the 1,966th most popular politician (down from 1,558th in 2024), the 102nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Politician.

Egon Krenz was the final leader of East Germany, and he is most famous for being the last leader of East Germany.

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Among politicians, Egon Krenz ranks 1,966 out of 19,576.

Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Horst Köhler (1943), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), and Bolesław I the Brave (967). After him are Gelimer, Hippias, Johannes Rau, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Cleopatra Selene of Syria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Egon Krenz ranks 28.

Krenz was unsuccessful in his attempt to retain the communist regime's grip on power, and was forced to resign some weeksafter the fall of the Berlin Wall.

After the Germanreunification in 1990 he was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for manslaughter, for his role in the crimes of the regime. Krenz was unsuccessful in his attempt to retain the Communist regime's grip on power.

After him are Günter Blobel (1936), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Marie Walewska (1786), Georg Forster (1754), and Henryk Wieniawski (1835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 23.

He was Honecker's deputy from 1984 onward, until he succeededHonecker in 1989 amid protestsagainst the regime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 51 in 2024). Before him are Titus Tatius, Heinrich Brüning, Amenemhat III, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Shalmaneser III, and Publius Quinctilius Varus.

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Egon Krenz

Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (German pronunciation: [ˈeːgɔn ˈkʁɛnts]; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989.

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Among people born in Poland, Egon Krenz ranks 102 out of 1,694.

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Throughout his career, Krenz held a number of prominent positions in the SED. He was Honecker's deputy from 1984 until he succeeded him in 1989 amid protests against the regime. Alongside the Soviet Union's MikhailGorbachev and Poland's Wojciech Jaruzelski, he is the youngest of the last survivingleaders of an Eastern Bloc nation as of 2013.

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He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell.

Also charged with falsification of election results. Before him are Madeleine Albright, Vanessa Redgrave, Queen Paola of Belgium, Avram Hershko, Warren Beatty, and Joseph Estrada. After him are Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Marie Walewska (1786), Karl Hanke (1903), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427).

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Egon Krenz

born 19 März 1937 Kolberg (Poland)

In 1944 resettlement to Damgarten; entered the Free German Youth (FDJ) in 1953; short-term training as locksmith in Rostock; 1953-57 studied at the Putbus teacher training college (Kreis Rügen), secretary of the FDJ base organisation, 1955 Socialist Unity Party (SED); FDJ functions on divisional level; secretary of the FDJ district headquarter in Bergen, secretary of the FDJ district headquarter in Rostock, secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ, responsible for the work at the universities, higher technical colleges and colleges; study at the CPSU party college in Moscow, secretary of the Central Council of the FDJ, chairman of the pioneers organisation "Ernst Tählmann"; member of the Central Committee (Zentralkomitee) of the SED; 1971-1990 member of the People's Chamber (Volkskammer) and chairman of the FDJ parliamentary group; member of the Executive Committee of the People's Chamber, member of the Politburo and secretary for Security and Cadre Affairs of the Central Committee of the SED; general secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, member of the State Council and deputy chairman, chairman of the State Council as well as of the National Defence Council (Erich Honecker's successor); expulsion from of the SED PDS on 21st Jan.

1990; publishing activities in 1990, temporarily member of a Berlin company; unemployed.