About Erich Honecker
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. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker was viewed as a dictator. During his leadership, the country had close ties to the Soviet Union, which maintained a large army in the country.
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Awards & Honors
Order of the White Lion
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Hero of Labour
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the National Flag
Order of the Yugoslav Star
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Banner of Labor
Gold medal with hero rank of GDR
Order of Karl Marx
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Order of José Martí
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Order of Hồ Chí Minh
Order of the Victory of Socialism
Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic
Gold Olympic Order
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of Augusto César Sandino
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Order of Klement Gottwald
Order of Playa Girón
Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)
Order of the National Flag, 1st class
