GermanyErich Honecker led East Germany as general secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1971 to 1989. He presided over a one-party state with a planned economy, extensive surveillance and the Berlin Wall until he was ousted during the 1989 revolution.
In the 12 Axes register, Erich Honecker leans hardest on Security – Freedom: Security 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Erich Honecker sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Ran a centralised state after 1952 abolished the states
Oligarchy
Led the SED, a one-party dominated state
Totalitarian
Built the Berlin Wall and expanded the Stasi
Non-Interventionist
Tied East Germany to Soviet bloc and Comecon
Militarist
Led a heavily militarised state in the Warsaw Pact
Assimilationist
Abgrenzung policy built a separate GDR national identity
Communist
State owned industry and planned the economy
Planned Economy
Ran five-year plans through the state planning commission
Protectionist
Foreign trade run by a state ministry and enterprises
Atheist
Official policy of state atheism
Progressive
Legalised elective abortion in 1972
Technological
Promoted state-led microelectronics programmes
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Erich Honecker is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Erich Honecker is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.hdg.de
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
