Socialist Unity Party of Germany
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Socialist Unity Party of Germany | |
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| Abbreviation | SED |
| General Secretary | Walter Ulbricht (first) |
| Founded | 21 April 1946 |
| Dissolved | 19 December 1989 |
| Headquarters | Haus am Werderschen Markt, East Berlin |
| Newspaper | Neues Deutschland |
| Youth wing | Free German Youth |
| Political orientation |
Marxism–Leninism (initially) Revisionism (later) |
| International affiliation | Cominform (1947–1956) |
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED) was the ruling party of the German Democratic Republic. It was formed as a merger between the Eastern branches of the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party of Germany. Initially a communist party, the SED would turn to revisionism by the 1950s. The party was disbanded in 1989.
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