Which Soviet leader supported Honecker in replacing Walter Ulbricht as General Secretary of the SED?
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Answer
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev supported Erich Honecker in his bid to replace Walter Ulbricht as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Honecker's rise to power was facilitated by this support from the Soviet Union.
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