Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician. In 1949, he became the first, and only President of the German Democratic Republic, and the office abolished upon his death. His successor as head of state was the collective Council of State, whose chairman, and thus most prominent member, was SED First Secretary Walter Ulbricht.
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3 January 1876 Guben, German Empire
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Died |
7 September 1960 (aged 84) (now Berlin, Germany)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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