Margot Honecker
East German politician (1927-2016)
Margot Honecker (née Feist; 17 April 1927 – 6 May 2016) was an East German politician. She was a member of the East German communist party and the East German regime until 1989. She was born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.
Personal life
changeFrom 1963 through 1989, she was "Minister of People's Education" (Ministerin für Volksbildung) of the GDR. She was married to Erich Honecker, the dictator of East Germany (1971 – 1989) from 1953 until his death of liver cancer in 1994.[1] She and her husband were exiled in Chile during the 1990s.[2]
Honecker died at her home while in exile in Santiago, Chile on 6 May 2016, aged 89.[3]
References
change- ↑ "The Exile Factor: Wives of Deposed Dictators". The Independent. 22 January 2011.
- ↑ "Margot Honecker, Widow Of East German Dictator, Defends Regime In Shocking Interview". The Huffington Post.
- ↑ "Muere en Chile Margot Honecker, la mujer fuerte de la Alemania comunista". 24horas.cl. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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