Socialist Unity Party of Germany

The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a Communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology, with a definite bent towards Stalinism through much of its earlier history. In the 1980s, the SED rejected the winds of change emanating from the Soviet Union, such as Perestroika and Glasnost, and also failed to react positively to the growing discontent among the population of the GDR concerning its policies, particularly those in the areas of economics, personal liberty and the freedom to travel, which eventually led to the party's downfall in the fall of 1989.

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Soviet Military Administration in Germany Erich Honecker Sergei Ivanovich Tiulpanov New Economic System Mikhail Gorbachev Otto Grotewohl Wilhelm Pieck The Left Party.PDS Volkskammer Walter Ulbricht Communist Party of Germany Central Committee Marxism-Leninism Vladimir Lenin Social Democratic Party of Germany East Germany Social Democratic Party in the GDR Communism Alliance for Germany Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin Constitution of East Germany Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative Intershop Gregor Gysi Neues Deutschland Staatsrat Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) National Front (East Germany) Ministerrat Free German Youth Volkseigener Betrieb Berlin Egon Krenz Mikhail Suslov Wolf Biermann Helsinki Accords Oskar Lafontaine Handshake Soviet occupation zone The Left (Germany)

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