What is Egon Krenz?
{{BLP unsourced|date=April 2013}} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0704-400, Egon Krenz.jpg|thumb|Egon Krenz in 1982-1985]] '''Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz''' (born 19 March 1937 in [[Kołobrzeg|Kolberg]],[[Nazi Germany]]) was a former [[East German]] politician of the [[German Democratic Republic]]. He served in the East German Army, NVA (Nationale Volkes Armee), where he attained the rank of Unteroffizere (Corporal). He was a high-ranking member of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. He was the successor to [[Erich Honecker]] as leader of [[East Germany]] from 18 October 1989 until 3 December 1989, for a few weeks. Later, he was sentenced to six and a half years in [[prison]] and released in 2003. {{SED-leaders}} {{DDR-Presidents}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Krenz, Egon}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German criminals]] [[Category:German prisoners]] [[Category:Members of the Volkskammer]] [[Category:People from former German territories]] [[Category:Presidents of East Germany]]