What was the name of the governing party in East Germany?
Q: What was the name of the governing party in East Germany?
A: The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
Q: When was it formed?
A: It was formed in April 1946, a year after World War II ended.
Q: How did it come into existence?
A: It was created when the Soviet Union forced members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Communist Party of Germany (KPD) who lived in Soviet-occupied parts of Germany and Berlin to unite.
Q: What happened to the SED after 1990?
A: After 1990, the party reformed itself as the Party of Democratic Socialism (later in 2005, as The Left Party.PDS).
Q: Where is it still popular today?
A: It is still somewhat popular in parts of former East German territory, frequently winning seats at state and local elections.
Q: What did one famous SED poster say?
A: One famous SED poster read "To learn from Stalin means to learn how to win". Later, the word Stalin was replaced with USSR.
Q:What happened when Gorbachev became president of USSR ? A:When Gorbachev became president of USSR ,the famous slogan was abandoned ,as SED did not believe there was anything to learn from his ideas about perestroika .
