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Following the definite end of the Cold War, Honecker refused all but cosmetic changes and was ousted by the party in late 1989 and removed from power. After German reunification, he successfully evaded prosecution for human rights abuses committed under his regime. He finally settled down with his family in Chile in 1993, and died the following year from liver cancer. | Following the definite end of the Cold War, Honecker refused all but cosmetic changes and was ousted by the party in late 1989 and removed from power. After German reunification, he successfully evaded prosecution for human rights abuses committed under his regime. He finally settled down with his family in Chile in 1993, and died the following year from liver cancer. | ||
He was the first (and possbily the only) person to have been taught by a previous president as he was taught by Germany's previous president [[w:c:politicians:Walter Ulbricht|Walter Ulbricht]] | He was the first (and possbily the only) person to have been taught by a previous president as he was taught by Germany's previous president [[w:c:politicians:Walter Ulbricht|Walter Ulbricht[[File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-57000-0512,_V._Parteitag_der_SED,_Honecker_spricht.jpg|thumb|Erich Honecker being watched by his mentor Walter Ulbricht in 1958. At the time Ulbricht was Germany's president]]]] | ||
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