Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht, known as Walter Ulbricht, is the current Volksführer of the German Socialist Republic since 1925. A key proponent in the formation of Marxist-variant and modern German Spartacism, Ulbricht oversaw the formation of the Republic under the first Volksführer, Karl Liebknecht. Since then, Ulbricht was groomed for leadership, becoming one of the youngest leaders in the world at the age of 32. Ulbricht's young and fresh take on German Spartacism modelled the ideology into what it is today.

When Liebknecht was no longer able to rule, Ulbricht contended with Ernst Thälmann and August Thalheimer for leadership, Thälmann being the likely choice. Ulbricht's legitimacy as leader has been questionable given his age, as well as the likely fabrication of Karl Liebknecht's testament, despite its meaning actually being true. Liebknecht wanted a young fresh face to lead the DSR, and Ulbricht was the likely choice. Ulbricht therefore became the Volksführer of the DSR in 1925.

As leader, Ulbricht oversaw the Roterspaltung between the Soviet Union and Germany, as well as approving for the leadership of Leon Trotsky over the incumbent Joseph Stalin. In a move that certainly did not help German-Soviet relations, Ulbricht approved for Trotsky's citizenship in Germany after his 1929 exile.

As leader of the Spartacist ideology, Ulbricht oversaw swift restructuring, turning the ideology from a strong Marxist variant into a social-democratic variant and agreeing to Volksführer elections, as well as elections for the Rat der Kommissare. He is a strong proponent of Pan-Germanism, and believes in time Germany will oversee the reclamation of its ethnic lands into a full Germanic federal socialist union.