Egon Krenz
German politician, communist leader of East Germany
- Fame57.6
- Momentum0.5
- Germany rank#238
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- Fame57.6
- Momentum0.5
- Germany rank#238
- Politicians rank#180
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Born 1937 · age 89Germany
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Updated 2026-06-09
He held the top job in East Germany for exactly 50 days — inheriting Erich Honecker's collapsing regime in October 1989 and watching the Berlin Wall fall on his watch weeks later, ending four decades of Communist rule.
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Born 19 March 1937, Egon Krenz rose through the Socialist Unity Party ranks to become Honecker's deputy from 1984, a loyal apparatus man in a system already cracking. When mass protests forced Honecker out in October 1989, Krenz took over as General Secretary — but the regime was past saving. The Wall came down in November. The party surrendered its monopoly on power shortly after, and Krenz resigned before the year ended. Expelled from the party's successor in January 1990, he was convicted of manslaughter in 2000 for his role in the old regime and served until 2003. He's lived since in the s…
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