Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 - 13 April 1999) was Prime Minister of East Germany from 1973 to 1989. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... 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. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stoph joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1931 and in 1950 became a member of the central committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and member of the Volkskammer. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1964 to 1973 and again from 1976 until his resignation in 1989. 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). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The resignation of Stoph and all 44 members of his cabinet followed mass demonstrations against the East German government. Stoph was subsequently arrested for corruption in December 1989. He was later spared detention due to health reasons. In 1994 a court in Berlin decided that he should not get back his seized savings of 200,000 DM. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...   Berlin[?] (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city; down from 4. ... The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ...

Stoph died in Berlin in 1999. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Otto Grotewohl (March 11, 1894 - September 21, 1964) was an East German politician. ... 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... Horst Sindermann (August 5, 1915-April 4, 1990) was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany from 1973 to 1976. ... Hans Modrow (born January 27, 1928) served as one of the last leaders of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and as of 2003 functions as honorary chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism. ... Friedrich Fritz Ebert (1894–1979) was the son of Friedrich Ebert, the 9th Chancellor of Germany and the first President of Weimar Republic. ... 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... Erich Honecker – official GDR portrait Erich Honecker (25 August 1912–29 May 1994) was a German Communist politician who led East Germany from 1971 until 1989. ...