What is Günter Schabowski?
{{Infobox Officeholder | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1982-0504-421, Günter Schabowski.jpg | caption = Schabowski in 1982 (age 53) | name = Günter Schabowski |order= |term_start= |term_end= |predecessor= |successor= | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|1|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Anklam]], [[Pomerania]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|11|1|1929|1|4}} | death_place = [[Berlin]], Germany |party= |spouse= |profession=[[Politician]] |religion= |signature= |footnotes= }} '''Günter Schabowski''' (4 January 1929 – 1 November 2015) was an [[East German]] journalist and politician. He was an official of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] (SED), the ruling party during most of the existence of the [[German Democratic Republic]]. Schabowski gained worldwide fame in November 1989 when he improvised a slightly mistaken answer to a press conference question, raising popular expectations so rapidly that massive crowds gathered the same night at the [[Berlin Wall]], forcing its opening after 28 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/01/gunter-schabowski-the-man-who-accidentally-sparked-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/|title=Gunter Schabowski, man who accidentally sparked fall of Berlin Wall, dies|work=euronews}}</ref> Schabowski died from complications of a [[stroke]] in [[Berlin]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite web|title=Im Alter von 86 Jahren: Ex-SED-Funktionär Schabowski gestorben|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schabowski-113.html|publisher=Tagesschau|access-date=1 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101124952/http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schabowski-113.html|archive-date=1 November 2015|date=1 November 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schabowski, Gunter}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Berlin]] [[Category:German journalists]] [[Category:Leaders of East Germany]] [[Category:Members of the Volk