Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann, shortened to Ernst Thälmann, is the Home Minister of the German Socialist Republic. After the first Volksführer Karl Liebknecht was declared unfit to rule, Thälmann was widely regarded to be his suitable successor, and he ran for leadership against Walter Ulbricht and August Thalheimer. When the former revealed a potentially fabricated document suggesting that he was groomed to be the successor, the Rat der Kommissare backed Ulbricht who went on to become Volksführer. Thälmann and Thalheimer were both given government roles to maintain the stability.

Thälmann has since edged on his want to become leader. Following Ulbricht's declaration that there would be Volksführer elections starting in 1932, Thälmann announced his intention to run against his old comrades. An internationalist, Thälmann is a strong supporter of the ideals of Leon Trotsky in spreading the world revolution and establishing German Spartacism as the forefront model of socialism. Thälmann has also been hinted to want to regress the changes Ulbricht made to Spartacism, believing that the ideology should return to the ways of Liebknecht's original concept.