Word: politburo
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...parliament, known as the People's Chamber, then approved the Communist Party's nomination of Politburo member Hans Modrow to lead a new government as premier. The government traditionally has been subservient to the party...
Since Krenz replaced hard-liner Erich Honecker as party chief in October, 10 full members of the ruling 21-member Politburo have lost their positions. There also has been pressure for the 163-member policy-setting Central Committee, chosen under Honecker, to resign...
...days following the tumultuous firings and resignations of East Germany's Cabinet and Politburo, there was virtually no word from the West's foreign policy intelligentsia. The silence continued for two days after the political dismantling of the Wall...
...symbolic level, certainly. The Wall's designer and chief defender, former East German President Erich Honecker, called his creation the "Anti-Fascist Protection Barrier." In this era of glasnost, such rhetoric has about as much standing as the deposed Honecker himself, who was ousted by the East German Politburo three weeks ago after 18 years at the helm...
Krenz seems determined to keep that, at least, true. He fired five Politburo members and begged those who "think about emigrating" to give him a chance. "Put trust in our policy of renewal," advised Krenz, promising a "far- reaching program" to change the constitution, the economy and the education system. Yet he defined perestroika merely as something to "make socialism more attractive." For him, Soviet-style reform seemed not so much a welcome formula for change as a last-ditch effort to prop up the East German system before the rift between the party and society grows too wide...