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Wilhelm Pieck
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German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)
Wilhelm Pieck was a German communist politician who served as the president of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) from 1949 until his death in 1960. He was an important political figure during the Cold War era, representing communist leadership in the Soviet-aligned eastern half of divided Germany.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Guben
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Child
- Arthur Pieck
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Political party
- Communist Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Banner of Labor
- Image
- Fotothek df ps 0000064 Bildnisse - Porträts ^ Politiker.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Commons category
- Wilhelm Pieck
- date of birth
- 1876-01-03
- date of death
- 1960-09-07
- name in native language
- Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck
- Commons gallery
- Wilhelm Pieck
- place of burial
- Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
- relative
- Lutz Dombrowski
- P8168
- DeKalb County
- P12749
- Summer Olympic Games
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
- described at URL
- s522097707.online.de/biosop_db/biosop_db.php
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornFriedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (1876-01-03)3 January 1876 Guben, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Gubin, Poland)
Died7 September 1960(1960-09-07) (aged 84) East Berlin, East Germany
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