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Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht (1893–1973), East German communist leader and SED First Secretary, ruled the GDR with an iron hand for over 20 years, built the Berlin Wall regime, launched the New Economic System, and was succeeded by Erich Honecker on 3 May 1971.
Wilhelm Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck (Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck, 1876–1960), German communist politician, KPD co-founder and exile chairman, SED co-chairman with Otto Grotewohl 1946–1954, and first President of the GDR 1949–1960.
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, 1913–1992), German SPD statesman: anti-Nazi exile, Governing Mayor of Berlin, first Social Democratic Chancellor 1969–1974, architect of Ostpolitik, 1971 Nobel Peace laureate.