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Countries represented with delegations at 11th party congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), held in April 1986
Opening session of the 11th party congress in the Palace of the Republic
Opening session of the 11th party congress, with SED leaders and international guests at the podium. From the left in the front row Egon Krenz, Willi Stoph, Mikhail Gorbachev, Erich Honecker, Horst Sindermann, Mengistu Haile Mariam
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Erich Honecker at the 11th SED Congress

The 11th party congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), held in Berlin April 17–21 1986, was attended by 141 foreign delegations from 104 countries (143 delegations per one source).[1][2] The foreign delegations included the delegation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, headed by Mikhail Gorbachev.[1]

List of foreign delegations at the 11th SED party congress
Country Party Head of Delegation Other delegation members
 Afghanistan People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) Nur Ahmed Nur, Politburo member, secretary of the Central Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
  • Ghous Sameuddin, Instructor of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
  • Abdul Wahed Baba Jan, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan to the German Democratic Republic
 Algeria Party of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Salah Goudjil, Member of the Permanent Secretariat of the Central Committee
  • Youcef Kraiba, Ambassador of Algeria to the German Democratic Republic
  • Amir Benelmedjat, official of the International Relations Department of the Permanent Secretariat of the Central Committee.
 Angola Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Party of Labour (MPLA-PT) Juilão Mateus Paulo "Dino Matross", Politburo member, Central Committee Secretary for State and Judicial Organs
  • Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho, candidate member of the Central Committee and Ambassador of Angola to the German Democratic Republic
  • Antonio Maria dos Santos Dias, Head of European Sector of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee.
 Argentina Communist Party of Argentina (PCA) Athos Fava, General Secretary Salvador Páez, member of the Political Commission, and secretary of the Western Regional Party Organization of the Buenos Aires Province.
 Austria Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) Erwin Scharf, Politburo member Christine Howorka, member of the leadership of the Vienna party branch
 Australia Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) Jack McPhillips, President Dr. Hannah Middleton, Secretariat member.
 Bahrain National Liberation Front - Bahrain (NLF-B) Ali Naji Abdallah, Leading Committee Member Abdulhadi Khalaf, Candidate Member of the Leading Committee.
 Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Ajoy Roy, Secretary of the Central Committee
 Belgium Communist Party of Belgium (KPB/PCB) Albert De Coninck, member of Central Committee
Socialist Party (PS) Marcel Lejoly [de], Executive Bureau member, Minister for German Community Affairs
Socialist Party (SP) Jos Wijninckx [fr], Executive Bureau member, chairman of Senate fraction Jan Leclercq [nl], Member of Parliament
 Benin People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (PRPB) C.F. Azodogbehou, member of Central Committee, First Deputy Chairman of the National Development Commission of the Central Committee P. Sedegan, Permanent Secretary of the Organization Department of the Central Committee
 Bolivia Communist Party of Bolivia (PCB) Humberto Ramírez, member of the Political Commission and secretary of the Central Committee
 Brazil Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) Salomão Malina [pt], member of the Executive Committee and secretary of the Central Committee
 Bulgaria Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) Milko Balev [ru], Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Burundi Union for National Progress (UPRONA) Pasteur Nzinahora, vice chairman of the Political Commission of the Central Committee Ildephonse Nkeramihigo, national secretary
 Canada Communist Party of Canada (CPC) Gordon Massie, member of the Central Executive Committee and the Secretariat of the Central Committee Paula Fletcher, Central Committee member, secretary of the party branch in Manitoba
 Cape Verde African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) Olivio Pires, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee Jorge Lopes, Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
 Chile Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) Américo Zorrilla [es], Member of the Political Commission and the Secretariat of the Central Committee
Radical Party (PR) Hugo Miranda [es]
Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR)
Socialist Party (PS) Clodomiro Almeyda, General Secretary Hernán del Canto [es], Central Committee member and secretary for International Relations
 Colombia Colombian Communist Party (PCC) Jesús Villegas, Central Executive Committee member and secretary of the Central Committee Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, Central Committee member
 Congo Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) Jean Ganga-Zandzou, Politburo member, Speaker of the National Assembly
  • Norbert Ngouna, Central Committee member
  • Justin Ballay Mégot, Ambassador of the People's Republic of the Congo to the German Democratic Republic
 Costa Rica Costa Rican People's Party (PPC) Manuel Mora Salas, member of the Political Commission and the Secretariat of the Central Committee José Merino del Río, member of the Political Commission
Popular Vanguard Party (PVP) Humberto Vargas Carbonell [es], General Secretary Francisco Gamboa Guzmán, member of the Political Commission
 Cuba Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) José Ramón Machado Ventura, Politburo member and member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee
  • Miguel Rodríguez Díaz, Central Committee candidate member and Second Secretary of the District Executive of Isla de la Juventud
  • Ramiro del Río Pérez-Terán, Ambassador of Cuba to the German Democratic Republic
  • Oscar Martinez Cordovés, official of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
 Cyprus Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) Michalis Poumpouris [el], Secretariat member, Politburo member and secretary of the Famagusta District Organization of the party Michalis Olympios, Central Committee member and Deputy Head of the International Department of the party
 Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) Vasil Biľak, Presidium member and secretary of the Central Committee
  • Václav Šípek [cs], Central Committee member and secretary of the Party District Executive for Northern Bohemia
  • Pavel Sadovsky, Ambassador of Czechoslovakia to the German Democratic Republic
 Denmark Communist Party of Denmark (DKP) Jørgen Jensen, Chairman Harry Osborn, Central Committee member
 Dominican Republic Dominican Communist Party (PCD) Carlos Ascuasiati, Politburo member Julio Baez, Central Committee member
 Ecuador Communist Party of Ecuador (PCE) Milton Jijón Saavedra, Member of the Executive Committee and secretary of the Central Committee
 Egypt Egyptian Communist Party
National Progressive Unionist Party (Tagammu) Khaled Mohieddin, General Secretary Mohamed Refaat El-Saeed, secretary of the Central Committee.
 El Salvador National Liberation Front Farabundo Martí (FMLN) Schafik Handal, member of High Command of FMLN, General Secretary of the Communist Party of El Salvador
  • Julio Rodríguez
  • Jesús Vaquerano
  • Rodrigo Jiménez
 Ethiopia Workers Party of Ethiopia (WPE) Mengistu Haile Mariam, General Secretary, Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
  • Addis Tedla, Politburo member and Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Central Planning
  • Dr. Ashagre Yigletu, Secretary of the Central Committee and Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
  • Mengistu Gemetchu, Central Committee member and Head of the Office of the General Secretary
  • Girma Beshah, candidate member of the Central Committee and Deputy Head of its International Relations Department
  • Berhanu Jembere, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the German Democratic Republic
 Finland Communist Party of Finland (SKP) Timo Laaksonen [fi], Politburo member, Member of Parliament Ossian Sjöman [fi]
 France French Communist Party (PCF) Maxime Gremetz, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
  • Raymond Jeanne, Central Committee member
  • Lin Guillou, Central Committee member
Socialist Party (PS) Jacques Huntzinger, member of the Executive Bureau and the Leading Committee Jean-Christophe Romer, In-charge of the Section for Socialist Countries in the International Secretariat
 Ghana Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) Kojo Tsikata, Member of the Provisional National Defense Council
 Great Britain Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Peter Carter, member of the Political Committee of the Executive Committee Heather Malley, Executive Committee member
Labour Party George Robertson, Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs
 Grenada Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement (MBPM) George Louison, Executive Committee member
 Greece Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Nikos Kaloudis [el], Politburo member
  • Yannis Chotos, member of the Central Committee and the Thessaly District Leadership
  • Betty Ambatielos, official of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) Dimitris Sotirlis, member of the Executive Bureau of the Central Committee
  • Rania Balafouta, Secretary for Central and Eastern Europe of the International Relations Area of the Central Committee
  • Apostolos Gerontas, official of the International Relations Area of the Central Committee
 Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Communist Party (PCG) Guy Daninthe [ru], General Secretary Michel Bancou
 Guatemala Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG)
Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT) Samuel Ramírez, Member of the Political Commission of the Central Committee Antonio García, candidate member of the Political Commission of the Central Committee
 Guinea-Bissau African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) Carmen Pereira, Politburo member, Speaker of the National Assembly Quinto Cabi Naiana, Central Committee member
 Guyana People's National Congress Ranji Chandisingh, Deputy Chairman and General Secretary Patrick Denny, head o fthe International Relations Department of the Central Administrative Committee.
People's Progressive Party Clement Rohee, member of the Central Executive Committee, head of the International Relations Department Michael Chan, member of the Central Executive Committee.
 Haiti Unified Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH) Max Bourjolly, Secretary of the Central Committee
 Honduras Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) Rigoberto Padilla Rush [ru], General Secretary
 Hungary Socialist Workers Party of Hungary (MSZMP) György Aczél, Politburo member and Director of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Central Committee
 India Communist Party of India (CPI) N. Rajasekhara Reddy [te], Central Secretariat member Lokanath Choudhary, National Council member
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) E.M.S. Namboodiripad, General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri, Central Committee member
Indian National Congress (INC) Mahendra Singh, All India Congress Committee member, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
 Indonesia Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI)
 Iraq Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Samir Mohammed Abdul Wahab [ar], member of the Regional Command
  • Malik Bashur, Member of the External Relations Bureau of the Regional Command
  • Mohammad Qasim Saleh, Ministry of Foreign Affairs official
Iraqi Communist Party Aziz Mohammed, First Secretary of the Central Committee Dr. Naziha al-Dulaimi, member of the party leadership
 Iran Tudeh Party of Iran Ali Khavari, First Secretary of the Central Committee
 Ireland Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) James Stewart, General Secretary Jean Roche, Deputy Editor of Unity
 Israel Communist Party of Israel (Maki) Meir Vilner, General Secretary Ibrahim Malik, Central Committee member
 Italy Italian Communist Party (PCI) Adalberto Minucci, Member of the Secretariat and the National Leadership, Head of Culture and Education Section of the Central Committee
  • Renato Pollini, Central Committee member, Head of the Administrative Department of the Central Committee
  • Raffaello De Brasi [it], official of the International Department of the Central Committee
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) Arduino Agnelli [it], Member of Parliament
 Jamaica Workers Party of Jamaica (WPJ) Elean Thomas, Politburo member and WPJ representative at the magazine Problems of Peace and Socialism
 Japan Japanese Communist Party Saburo Uno [ja], member of the Permanent Presidium of the Central Committee, Director of the Institute for Social Sciences of the Japanese Communist Party
  • Koichi Ohara, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department
  • Ryochi Kojima, official of the International Relations Department
Socialist Party of Japan Masahiro Yamamoto [ja], Deputy Chairman Kumao Terada [ja], Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Socialist Party of Japan, Member of the House of Councillors
 Jordan Jordanian Communist Party of Jordan Abdul Aziz al-Otteh, Politburo member Salam Khaled, representative of the Jordanian Communist Party to the magazine Problems of Peace and Socialism
 Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea (PRPK) Men Sam Am [km], Politburo member, chair of Organizational Commission
  • Phi Thach, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to the German Democratic Republic
  • Voeuk Pheng, Department Head of the International Relations Commission of the Central Committee
 Laos Lao People's Revolutionary Party Phoumi Vongvichit, Politburo member, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
  • Vanheuang Vongvichit, Ambassador of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to the German Democratic Republic
  • Dr. Khamphay Rasmy, Department Head
 Lebanon Lebanese Communist Party Karim Mroue [ar], Politburo member Youssuf Murtada, Central Committee member
Progressive Socialist Party Tareq Chehab, Politburo member and Head of the International Relations Bureau Ghazi Mansour, Deputy Head of the International Relations Bureau
 Luxembourg Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) René Urbany, chairman Jacqueline Urbany, Central Committee member
 Madagascar Party of the Independence Congress of Madagascar (AKFM) Richard Andriamanjato, chairman Paul Andrianolijao, Deputy General Secretary
Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution (AREMA) Ignace Rakoto, Politburo member and Minister of Higher Education André Razafindrakoto, Planning Director at the Ministry of Higher Education
 Mali Democratic Union of the Malian People (UDPM) Boubacar Diallo, Central Executive Bureau member El-Hadj Oumar Sow, Member of Parliament
 Malta Communist Party of Malta (PKM) Anthony Vassallo, General Secretary Franz Carvana, Deputy Chairman
Malta Labour Party Leo Brincat, International Secretary, Member of Parliament
 Martinique Martinican Communist Party André Constant, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Mexico Mexican Unified Socialist Party (PSUM) Sabino Hernández, member of the Political Commission and secretary of the Central Committee Jorge Alcocer Villanueva [es], member of the Political Commission and secretary of the Central Committee
 Mongolia Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Bugyn Deshid [mn], Politburo member and chairman of the Party Control Committee
  • Nyamyn Mishigdorj [mn], Central Committee candidate member, Central Committee Department Head
  • Ragtschaabasaryn Shamz, Ambassador of Mongolia to the German Democratic Republic
 Morocco Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) Abdallah Layachi, Politburo member Ibrahim Ferhat, Central Committee member
 Mozambique FRELIMO Mariano de Araújo Matsinhe, Politburo member
  • Angelo Chichava, member of the Central Committee and Party Control Commission
  • Fernanda Matsinhe
{{{1}}} Namibia South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) Hifikepunye Pohamba, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee Magnaem Amupolo (Hautiko), member of the SWAPO Women's Council
 Netherlands Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) Ton van Hoek, Politburo member Herman Meijer, Central Committee member
Labour Party (PvdA) Paul Scheffer Research Associate at the Party Institute for International Affairs
 New Zealand Socialist Unity Party of New Zealand (SUP) George Jackson, General Secretary
 Nicaragua Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Henry Ruiz, National Leadership, Minister of International Cooperation
  • William Ramírez Solórzano, Member of the Sandinista Assembly and Minister of Transportation
  • Juan José Ubeda Herrera, Member of the Sandinista Assembly and Delegate of the Ministry of the Interior in the 6th Region
  • Fanor Herrera, International Relations Department official
 North Korea Workers Party of Korea (WPK) Ri Jong-ok, Politburo member, Vice President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Kwon Min Jun, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee
  • Park Jong-chan, Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the German Democratic Republic
 Norway Communist Party of Norway (NKP) Ingrid Negård, Deputy Chairwoman Signe Ödegaard, Central Committee member
 Palestine Palestinian Communist Party Suleiman Al Najjab, Politburo member Dr. Maher Charif, Member of the Central Committee of the PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Palestinian Revolution
 Pakistan Communist Party of Pakistan
 Panama People's Party of Panama (PPP) Ruben Darío Souza, General Secretary
 Paraguay Paraguayan Communist Party (PCP) Ananías Maidana, Second Secretary of the Central Committee
 Peru Peruvian Communist Party (PCP) Jorge del Prado, General Secretary Asunción Caballero Méndez, member of the Political Commission and secretary of the Central Committee
Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR) Leonidas Rodríguez Figueroa [es], Chairman Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, General Secretary
 Philippines Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP-1930) Alejandro Briones, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Poland Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) Józef Czyrek, Poliburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Portugal Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Joaquim Gomes [pt], member of Political Commission of the Central Committee Manuel Sobral Antunes Pereira, Central Committee member
 Romania Romanian Communist Party (PCR) Gheorge Oprea [ro], Political Executive Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister
  • Ion Bogdan Băluță [de], Central Committee member and First Secretary of the Bacău County Executive of the party
  • Gheorghe Caranfil, Ambassador of Romania to the German Democratic Republic
 San Marino Sammarinese Communist Party (PCS) Gastone Pasolini [it], National Leadership, Minister of Communications and Relations with Local Administrations
 São Tomé and Príncipe Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe (MLSTP) Óscar Aguiar do Sacraménto e Sousa, Politburo member, Minister of Agriculture Carlos de Castro, Head of Bilateral Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 Saudi Arabia Communist Party in Saudi Arabia
 Senegal Party of Independence and Labour (PIT) Amath Dansokho, General Secretary Sémou Pathé Guèye, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Seychelles Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) Jérémie Bonnelame, Central Executive Committee member, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Popular Education and Information
 Sierra Leone All People's Congress (APC) Bockarie Stevens, member of the Leading Council Josephus Williams, Central Committee candidate member and Youth League organization secretary
{{{1}}} South Africa African National Congress (ANC) Alfred Nzo, General Secretary Jane Dlamini, member of the Political Commission and the Politico-Military Council
South African Communist Party (SACP) Joe Slovo, National Chairman Dan Tloome, Politburo member
 South Yemen Yemeni Socialist Party Ali Salim al-Baidh, General Secretary
  • Mohammed Said Abdallah Mohsen, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
  • Salem Mohamed Jubran, Central Committee member and First Secretary of the Hadramut Governorate Party Executive
  • Abdul Wakil Ismail al-Saroori, Central Committee candidate member and Ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen to the German Democratic Republic
 Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary
 Spain Communist Party of Spain (PCE) Francisco Frutos, Executive Committee member, secretary of the Central Committee Miguel Morán, Central Committee member and member of the International Commission of the Central Committee
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) Ignacio Gallego, General Secretary José Antonio Moral Santín [es], Executive Committee member, First Secretary of the Madrid Regional Committee of PCPE
Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) Rafael Estrella Pedrola [es], Federal Committee Member, Senator Antonio Callejas, Advisor to the delegation lead
 Sri Lanka Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) M.G. Mendis, Politburo member H.G.S. Ratnaweera, Politburo member
 Sudan Sudanese Communist Party Suleiman Hamed, Secretariat member Dr. Muhamed Murad, representative of the party to the magazine Problems of Peace and Socialism
 Sweden Left Party - Communists (VPK) Bertil Måbrink [sv], Deputy Chairman, chair of parliamentary fraction Margareta Olofsson [sv], Chairwoman of the Stockholm party organization
Social Democratic Labour Party (SAP) Lars Engqvist
Workers Party - Communists (APK) Rolf Hagel [sv], Chairman Tage Häggström, Central Committee member
  Switzerland Swiss Party of Labour (PdA/PST) Hansjörg Hofer, Politburo member Jakob Lechleiter, Central Committee member
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS) Peter Vollmer [de], Deputy Chairman Toya Maissen [de], member of the Basel Executive
 Syria Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Dr. Suleiman Kaddah, Deputy Regional Secretary
  • Ahmed Kabalan, Regional Command member
  • Ala al-Dien Abeddien, Damascus district secretary
  • Abdel Rahman Abdel Rahiem, Head of the Office of the Deputy Regional Secretary
  • Nabil Jabali, official of the International Relations Department of the National Command
Syrian Communist Party Khaled Hammami, Politburo member Abdul Wahab Rashwani, Central Committee member
 Tanzania Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Paul Sozigwa, Central Committee member and National Executive Committee member and Head of the Control and Discipline Department Isidore L. Shirima, Under-Secretary and Sector Head for Africa in the International Relations Department
 Tunisia Socialist Destour Party (PSD) Slaheddine Ben Mbarek, Politburo member Belhassen Chérif, General Secretary of the Coordination Committee of the Party for Tunis City
Tunisian Communist Party (PCT) Abdelhamid Ben Mustapha, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee
 Turkey Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) Haydar Kutlu [tr], General Secretary
 Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay (PCU) Alberto Altesor, Executive Committee member and secretary of the Central Committee Alberto Suarez, Central Committee member
Socialist Party (PS) Ernesto de los Campos, Executive Committee member and secretary of the Central Committee Gonzalo Betarte, Central Committee member
 United States Communist Party USA (CPUSA) James West, Politburo member and chairman of the National Review Commission of the party
 Venezuela Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) Alonso Ojeda Olaechea [es], General Secretary Americo Díaz Nuñez, Central Committee member and director of the party newspaper Tribuna Popular [es]
 Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Chu Huy Mân, Deputy Chairman of the Politburo and Deputy Chairman of the State Council
  • Nguyen Van Trong, Deputy Chairman of the International Relations Commission of the Central Committee
  • Tran Hoai Nam, Ambassador of Vietnam to the German Democratic Republic.
 West Berlin Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin (SEW) Horst Schmitt [de], chairman
  • Inge Kopp, deputy chair
  • Dietmar Ahrens, deputy chair
  • Uwe Doering [de], member of the Executive Bureau
 West Germany German Communist Party (DKP) Herbert Mies, Chairman
  • Hermann Gautier [de], Deputy Chairman
  • Martha Buschmann, Member of the Presidium of the Party Executive
  • Beate Landefeld, Member of the Party Executive
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Dr. Wilhelm Bruns, Chief of International Department of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
 Yugoslavia League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) Jure Bilić, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee
  • Hisen Ramadani [sq], Central Committee member
  • Ljubomir Majerić, Ambassador of Yugoslavia to the German Democratic Republic
 Zambia United National Independence Party (UNIP) Daniel Muchiwa Lisulo, Central Committee member and Chairman of the Committee on Political and Legal Affairs Joseph B. Simuyandi, Administrative Secretary of the Central Committee
 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) Emmerson Mnangagwa, Politburo member and secretary of the Central Committee, Minister of State at the Bureau of Prime Minister Dr. Naomi Nhiwatiwa, Central Committee member, Administrative Secretary of the ZANU-PF Women's League and Deputy Minister for Information, Post and Telecommunications
The magazine Problems of Peace and Socialism Gancho Ganev [bg], member of the editorial board and Central Committee member of the Bulgarian Communist Party Rafic Samhoun, Politburo member of the Lebanese Communist Party.

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There were additional delegations of illegal parties participating, which were not credited in official reports due to security reasons.[4] The General People's Congress of Libya could not attend due to the American military intervention prior to the meeting.[3]

1986 congress season

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The 11th SED party congress took place less than two months after the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[42] Furthermore, the 11th SED party congress took place within a span of various other congresses of ruling communist parties of the Socialist Bloc - the 3rd congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (February 1986), the 17th congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (March 1986), the 13th congress of the Bulgarian Communist Party (April 1986), the 19th congress of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (May 1986), the 10th congress of the Polish United Workers Party (July 1986), the 4th congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (November 1986) and the 6th congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (December 1986).[43]

Soviet delegation

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At the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gorbachev had launched a shift towards liberal policies of Glasnost and Perestroika.[42] SED leader Erich Honecker had attented the 27th Soviet party congress.[44] The 11th SED congress marked a key event for the Socialist Bloc as a whole, as the Soviet delegation would presented the new policies to the East German party leadership.[42] Prior to departure for Berlin, discussions took place within the Soviet leadership on how to best approach Honecker. In a reply to the Soviet ambassador Vyacheslav Kochemasov in Berlin, Gorbachev and Anatoly Chernyaev argued that they would try to engage Honecker on positive opportunities for joint cooperation in line with the new policies, and not make him feel cornered or pressured to accept instructions from Moscow.[45]

The Soviet delegation was received at Berlin Schönefeld Airport by Hocker and other members of the East German government.[46] Gorbachev adressed the congress plenary on April 18, 1986. In his speech he reaffirmed that 'socialism on German soil had made reliable progress', and praised advances of the SED in terms of economy and science.[42] Gorbachev and Honecker met on April 21, 1986, during which Gorbachev outlined the new party line of the 27th Soviet party congress.[42] In the morning of April 21, 1986 Gorbachev visited the Werkzeugmaschinenkombinat „7. Oktober“ [de] factory plant, where he was received by some 2,000 workers.[47]

The Soviet delegation departed Berlin Schönefeld Airport on the morning of April 22, 1986.[48] Honecker accompanied Gorbachev at the airport.[48]

Polish delegation

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The head of the delegation of the Polish United Workers Party (PZPR), Józef Czyrek, addressed the congress plenary on April 18, 1986.[2] On April 20, 1986 the Polish delegation visited enterprises and institutions in Frankfurt (Oder).[2] On April 22, 1986 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PZPR and Chairman of the State Council Wojciech Jaruzelski, who was himself not present in Berlin for the congress, sent a congratulatory message to Honecker upon the latter's re-election as SED general secretary.[2]

Ethiopian delegation

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Reception

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On April 22, 1986 the SED Central Committee hosted the foreign delegates at a reception at the House of the Central Committee.[50] Honecker and Gorbachev held toasts at the reception.[50]

References

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  1. ^ a b The Eleventh Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, in Information Bulletin, Vol. 24. Progress Books, 1986. p. 13
  2. ^ a b c d e Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands. Dokumente und Materialien der Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands und der Polnischen Vereinigten Arbeiterpartei, 1981 bis 1986. Dietz, 1988. p. 331
  3. ^ a b Protokoll der Verhandlungen des Parteitages der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands. Dietz., 1986. pp. 8-15
  4. ^ a b Protokoll der Verhandlungen des Parteitages der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands. Dietz., 1986. pp. 858-884
  5. ^ Ernst Hillebrand. Das Afrika-Engagement der DDR. P. Lang, 1987. p. 189
  6. ^ Party Life, April 1986. Communist Party of India., 1986. p. 35
  7. ^ PDPA delegation off to Berlin (Kabul), in Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, Part 3. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1986
  8. ^ Dino Matross speaks on the successes of socialism, in News Bulletin. Agência Angola Press, 1986. p. 5
  9. ^ Die Westpolitik der DDR: Beziehungen der DDR zu ausgewählten westlichen Industriestaaten in den 70er und 80er Jahren. E. Knoth, 1989. p. 161
  10. ^ LUCRĂRILE CONGRESULUI AL XI-LEA AL P.S.U.G. - SALUTUL C.C. AL P.C.R., in Scînteia, April 20, 1986. p. 6
  11. ^ Malte Letz. Kurze Geschichte der sandinistischen Revolution: Wurzeln, Verlauf, erste Ergebnisse. Dietz, 1988. p. 245
  12. ^ Ilona Schleicher, Hans-Georg Schleicher. Die DDR im südlichen Afrika: Solidarität und Kalter Krieg. Institut für Afrika-Kunde, 1997. p 267
  13. ^ Haile Gabriel Dagne. Das entwicklungspolitische Engagement der DDR in Äthiopien: eine Studie auf der Basis äthiopischer Quellen. LIT Verlag Münster, 2004. p. 27
  14. ^ Hungary. Külügyminisztérium. Magyar külpolitikai évkönyv. Kossuth Könyvkiadó., 1986. p. xlvi
  15. ^ "Standhaft gegenüber Kräften der Reaktion". Neues Deutschland. April 22, 1986.
  16. ^ "Karibikstaaten in ihrer Souveränität bedroht". Neues Deutschland. April 22, 1986.
  17. ^ "Antwort auf den Appell von Delhi ermutigt uns". Neues Deutschland. April 22, 1986.
  18. ^ "Widerstand gegen die Contras in unserem Lands". Neues Deutschland. April 22, 1986.
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  20. ^ "Kein Land darf wieder atomares Opfer werden". Neues Deutschland. April 22, 1986.
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