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Biography
Erich Honecker was a German politician who, as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989.
Awards & recognition
- Gold medal with hero rank of GDR · 1987
- Order of Lenin · 1987
- Order of the Victory of Socialism · 1987
- Gold Olympic Order · 1985
- Order of Karl Marx · 1985
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- Gold medal with hero rank of GDR · 1982
- Hero of the Soviet Union · 1982
- Order of Karl Marx · 1982
- Order of Lenin · 1982
- Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" · 1980
- Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland · 1977
- Order of Karl Marx · 1977
- Order of the October Revolution · 1977
- Hero of Labour · 1972
- Order of Karl Marx · 1972
- Order of Lenin · 1972
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · 1970
- Order of Karl Marx · 1969
- Banner of Labor
- Decoration of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Grand Star of the Decoration — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Order of Augusto César Sandino
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov
- Order of Hồ Chí Minh
- Order of José Martí
- Order of Klement Gottwald
- Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic
- Order of Playa Girón
- Order of the National Flag
- Order of the White Lion
- Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Order of the Yugoslav Star
- Patriotic Order of Merit
- Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)
