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{{Infobox politician|name=Egon Krenz|image_size=200|birth_date=19 March 1937|birth_place=Kolberg, Prussia, [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]|political_party=[[SED]]|image=Egon Krenz.png}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Egon Krenz|image_size=200|birth_date=19 March 1937|birth_place=Kolberg, Prussia, [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]|political_party=[[SED]]|image=Egon Krenz.png}} | ||
'''Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz''' (born 19 March 1937) is a German politician and the last leader of the [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)|GDR]], serving for less than two months in 1989. Previously, he was the head of security and leader of the [[Free German Youth]].<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=A Detailed Autopsy of the Collapse of the Superior System in the Divided Germany|page=|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> | '''Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz''' (born 19 March 1937) is a German politician and the last leader of the [[German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)|GDR]], serving for less than two months in 1989. Previously, he was the head of security and leader of the [[Free German Youth]].<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=A Detailed Autopsy of the Collapse of the Superior System in the Divided Germany|page=143–4|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
On 9 October 1989, Krenz tried to contact [[Erich Honecker]] to make sure the police were not violent against protestors. He was not able to reach him because Honecker was in meetings all day, but he did talk to [[Erich Mielke]], the [[Ministry for State Security|Stasi]] chief.<ref name=":05" / | On 9 October 1989, Krenz tried to contact [[Erich Honecker]] to make sure the police were not violent against protestors. He was not able to reach him because Honecker was in meetings all day, but he did talk to [[Erich Mielke]], the [[Ministry for State Security|Stasi]] chief.<ref name=":05" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Former heads of state]] | [[Category:Former heads of state]] | ||