A look back: East Germany's first freely elected parliament
East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to take power after a free and fair election. Their goal: Germany's ...
Thirty-five years ago East Germany's first freely elected parliament began work
East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections.On March 18, 1990, ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet the conservative leader taking the reins of the German chancellery
However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant ... Merz was twice rejected as Merkel's successor as party leader, in 2018 and 2021, before his ...
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Events during the Berlin Crisis
Khrushchev and East German leader, Walter Ulbricht ordered the closure of the border between East and West Berlin. East German police and soldiers sealed the most frequently used border crossings ...
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A look back: East Germany's first freely elected parliament
the leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism, the successor to the old East German Party of Socialist Unity. The PDS was fundamentally against reunification, but Gysi nonetheless played a ...
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East Germany's first freely elected parliament
In addition to West German advisors, de Maziere's government also received help from an unexpected quarter. The leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor to the old East ...