President of the German Democratic Republic

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The President of the German Democratic Republic was the head of state of East Germany from its founding in 1949 until the office was abolished in 1960 and its functions were transferred to the State Council.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolishedWith creation of the collective head of state, the State Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
appointedBy People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
associatedPartyOfOfficeholder Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction East Berlin ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed Emblem of East Germany ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the German Democratic Republic of 1949 ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
createdFollowing establishment of the German Democratic Republic in 1949 ⓘ
dateAbolished 12 September 1960 ⓘ
dateEstablished 11 October 1949 ⓘ
endTime 1960 ⓘ
firstOfficeholder Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of East Germany ⓘ
functionTransferredTo State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
governmentType Marxist–Leninist state ⓘ
headOfStateFor socialist German state established in the Soviet occupation zone ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
jurisdiction East Germany ⓘ
German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
lastOfficeholder Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved Volkskammer ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith Federal President of Germany ⓘ
President of Germany ⓘ
officeAbolishedIn Constitutional reform of 1960 in the GDR ⓘ
officeHoldersCount 1 ⓘ
officeLocation East Berlin, German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Berlin
officeStatus defunct ⓘ
officeType presidential office ⓘ
onlyOfficeholder Wilhelm Pieck ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one-party system dominated by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
predecessorOffice no direct predecessor in an independent East German state ⓘ
region Eastern Bloc ⓘ
replacedBy Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
role head of state of East Germany ⓘ
seat East Berlin ⓘ
shortName President of the GDR ⓘ
startTime 1949 ⓘ
stateForm people's republic ⓘ
successorOffice State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
termLength not fixed in practice ⓘ
titleInGerman Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilhelm Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver → awardingBody → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
National Prize of East Germany → presentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Pieck
President of the German Democratic Republic → alsoKnownAs → Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
linked to: President of the German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic → replacedBy → Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: President of the German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic → titleInGerman → Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
linked to: President of the German Democratic Republic
Order of Karl Marx → alsoPresentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic → presentedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic (earlier period) ⓘ
linked to: President of the German Democratic Republic
Wilhelm Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Christine Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck → positionHeld → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Eleanor Pieck
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic → definesHeadOfState → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Council of State of the GDR → replaced → office of the President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: President of the German Democratic Republic
Patriotic Order of Merit → awardedBy → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Silber → awardingBody → President of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ