Horst Sindermann (September 5, 1915 - April 20, 1990) was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany (GDR) from 1973 to 1976. September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... General Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party German: Erster Sekretär des Zentralkomitees der Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, Generalsekretärs des ZK der SED. Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl (1946-1950) Walter Ulbricht (1950-1971) Erich Honecker (1971-1989) Egon Krenz (1989) State Presidents German: Staatspräsident, Präsident der DDR... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was a member of the Communist Party of Germany, and spent the Second World War imprisoned. After the war he was a newspaper editor and leader of the Chemnitz and Leipzig branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was a member of the Volkskammer from 1963 to 1969, and its president from 1976 to 1989. He was also a member of the politburo. The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands – KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the International Communists of Germany (IKD). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Map of Germany showing Chemnitz Chemnitz (Sorbian/Lusatian Kamjenica, formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a city in Saxony, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig ▶(?) [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... The logo of the SED The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, or SED) was the governing party of East Germany from its formation in 1949 until the elections of 1990. ... The Volkskammer (Peoples Chamber) was the Parliament of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ...