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Wilhelm Pieck
Politician
1876 – 1960
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Who was Wilhelm Pieck?
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck was a German politician and a Communist. In 1949, he became the first President of the German Democratic Republic, an office abolished upon his death. He was succeeded by Walter Ulbricht, who served as Chairman of the Council of State.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1876
Guben - Also known as
- Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 7, 1960
East Berlin - Resting place
- Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
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on July 23, 2013
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