Lothar de Maizière


















































































Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière 2011.jpg

Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic
(East Germany)

In office
12 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
President Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
Preceded by Hans Modrow
Succeeded by
Helmut Kohl (as Chancellor of Germany)
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers

In office
18 November 1989 – 12 April 1990
Serving with Christa Luft and Peter Moreth

President
Egon Krenz
Manfred Gerlach
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
Prime Minister Hans Modrow
Preceded by
Günther Kleiber
Alfred Neumann
Succeeded by Klaus Reichenbach
Federal Minister of Special Affairs

In office
3 October 1990 – 17 December 1990
President Richard von Weizsäcker
Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Preceded by Hans Klein
Succeeded by Friedrich Bohl

Personal details
Born
(1940-03-02) 2 March 1940 (age 78)
Nordhausen, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany
Nationality German
Political party
East German Christian Democratic
West German Christian Democratic
Profession Musician, lawyer, politician
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Lothar de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 2 March 1940)[1] is a German Christian Democratic politician. In 1990, he served as the only democratically elected prime minister of the German Democratic Republic, and as such was the last leader of an independent East Germany.




Contents






  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Early life and education


Lothar de Maizière was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and attended the ancient Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster,[2] where he was one of the last pupils before the school closed in 1958. He next studied viola at the Hanns Eisler College of Music in East Berlin from 1959 to 1965.[3] He played in the Berlin Symphony Orchestra[4] before going on to study law (by distance learning, through the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) from 1969 to 1975.[5]


He belongs to a noble family originally from Maizières-lès-Metz who, as Huguenots, fled France for asylum in Prussia in the late 17th century.[6] The Maizière family still attended French-language schools and Huguenot churches in Berlin until the beginning of the 20th century.



Career


A longtime member of the East German Christian Democratic Union, de Maizière helped oust the party's pro-Communist leadership after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was elected the party's chairman in November.[5] In the first—and as it turned out, only—free election held in East Germany, de Maizière was elected to the Volkskammer. One month later, he succeeded Hans Modrow as Premier[7] and held this position from 12 April until 2 October 1990.[8] He ran on a platform of speedy unification with the Federal Republic of Germany (from 1949 to 1990, West Germany). As premier, de Maizière signed the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (the so-called "Two Plus Four Treaty"),[9][10] which ended the four wartime allied powers' rights and responsibilities in Berlin and Germany, and which preceded German reunification. The treaty provided that it would be signed by the four allies and the two Germanies but ratified only by newly reunified Germany and the allies. In accordance with that treaty, East Germany ceased to exist on 3 October, and its territory was added to the Federal Republic.


After German reunification, he was appointed Minister for Special Affairs in the CDU government of chancellor Helmut Kohl, until his resignation on 17 December 1990 amid rumours that he had worked for the East German Stasi.[11]


De Maizière belongs to a noble family who, as Huguenots, fled France for asylum in Prussia, late in the seventeenth century.[1] He is a son of the lawyer Clement de Maizière. His uncle Ulrich de Maizière was Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (the West German Armed Forces). His cousin Thomas de Maizière is a close advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel and served as the Federal Minister of the Interior from 17 December 2013 to 14 March 2018 in Merkel's third cabinet.



References





  1. ^ ab "Lothar de Maizière, Geschichte der CDU, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung". kas.de. Retrieved February 2, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster". www.graues-kloster.de. Retrieved February 7, 2017.


  3. ^ "Who is Lothar de Maiziere?". 22 November 2011.


  4. ^ "Lothar de Mazière". www.bakuforum2016.com. Retrieved February 7, 2017.


  5. ^ ab Derek Lewis & Ulrike Zitzlsperger, Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Germany, Rowman & Littlefield, 18 Oct 2016 p.412


  6. ^ Dempsey, Judy (2011-03-02). "Merkel Is Quick to Fill Open Cabinet Position". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-07-09.


  7. ^ Quint, Peter E. (2012). The Imperfect Union: Constitutional Structures of German Unification. Princeton University Press. p. 42.


  8. ^ "Address given by Lothar de Maizière on the eve of German unity (Berlin, 2 October 1990)". cvce.eu. 25 October 2012.


  9. ^ "Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany - Making the History of 1989". www.chnm.gmu.edu. Retrieved February 7, 2017.


  10. ^ "Resources for The Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany - Subject files - CVCE Website". www.cvce.eu. Retrieved February 7, 2017.


  11. ^ "Biography: Lothar de Maizière - Biographies - Chronik der Wende". www.chronikderwende.de. Retrieved 7 February 2017.




External links



  • Quotations related to Lothar de Maizière at Wikiquote








Political offices
Preceded by
Hans Modrow
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of
the German Democratic Republic
1990
Succeeded by
Helmut Kohl
as Chancellor of United Germany










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