Eventually succeeded in his office by Egon Krenz, for 10 points, name this man who served from 1971 to 1989 as the Socialist head of state in East Germany.
This politician was infamously presented with a leather jacket as a gift by the musician Udo Lindenberg, and in return, he gave Lindenberg a medieval wind instrument called a shawm - a fitting gift given his longtime opposition to rock and roll. As a result of his terminal cancer, he was allowed to live with his daughter Sonja in Chile instead of standing trial for treason. The artist Dmitri Vrubel lampooned this leader by depicting his notoriously passionate kiss with Leonid Brezhnev, which occurred after he came to power by securing the downfall of Walter Ulbricht. Eventually succeeded in his office by Egon Krenz, for 10 points, name this man who served from 1971 to 1989 as the Socialist head of state in East Germany.
This politician was infamously presented with a leather jacket as a gift by the musician Udo Lindenberg, and in return, he gave Lindenberg a medieval wind instrument called a shawm - a fitting gift given his longtime opposition to rock and roll.
Erich Honecker