Jürgen Schmieder
Jürgen Schmieder | |
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East meets west: Jürgen Schmieder (left) greets Otto Graf Lambsdorff (right) at an inter-party meeting (1990). | |
| Born | 23 June 1952 (age 72) |
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | LDPD DFP FDP |
| Children | Married with 2 children |
Jürgen Schmieder (born 23 June 1952) is a politician, originally from East Germany, who came to prominence during the months immediately preceding German reunification.
At the end of January in 1990 he became Chairman (leader) of the short lived German Forum Party (DFP / Deutsche Forumpartei) in East Germany where in 1990 he sat as a member of the country's first (and last) freely elected People's Chamber (Volkskammer).
Following the abolition of East Germany as a separate state, he became a member of the German National Assembly (Bundestag) between 1990 and 1994, his DFP (party) having merged with the German FDP in August 1990.