The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.

Erich Honecker

Leader of East Germany from 1971 to 1989

Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of…