Lothar de Maizière

Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière
	de Maizière in the aftermath of the 1990 East German general election
Minister for Special Affairs
	In office; 3 October 1990 – 17 December 1990 Serving with Rudolf Seiters, Hans Klein, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Günther Krause, Rainer Ortleb, Hansjoachim Walther
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister-President of East Germany
	In office; 12 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Head of state	Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (interim)
Deputy	Peter-Michael Diestel
Preceded by	Hans Modrow (as Chairman of the Council of Ministers)
Succeeded by	Helmut Kohl (as Chancellor of Germany)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Acting
	In office; 20 August 1990 – 2 October 1990
Minister-President	himself
Preceded by	Markus Meckel
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairman
Modrow Government
Deputy Chairman of the; Council of Ministers
	In office; 18 November 1989 – 12 April 1990 Serving with Christa Luft, Peter Moreth
Chairman	Hans Modrow;
Preceded by	Günther Kleiber; Alfred Neumann
Succeeded by	Peter-Michael Diestel (Deputy Minister-President)
Minister for Church Affairs
	In office; 18 November 1989 – 12 April 1990
Chairman of the; Council of Ministers	Hans Modrow;
Preceded by	Kurt Löffler; (as State Secretary)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag ; for Brandenburg; (Volkskammer; 1990)
	In office; 3 October 1990 – 15 October 1991
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Else Ackermann
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Berlin
	In office; 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	2 March 1940; Nordhausen, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany; (now Thuringia, Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1990–present)
Other political; affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1956–1990)
Children	3
Residence	Berlin
Alma mater	Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin; Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation	Politician; Lawyer; Musician;
Signature
	Other offices held 1990–1991: Deputy Chairman, Christian Democratic Union ; 1990–1991: Chairman, Christian Democratic Union of Brandenburg ; 1989–1990: Chairman, Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) ;
	Leader of East Germany ← Modrow; None (last holder);

Lothar de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 2 March 1940) is a German former politician of the Christian Democratic Union. In 1990, he served as the head of the first and only democratically elected government of East Germany, holding this office during the final months before German reunification. Subsequently he briefly served as a minister in the new government of the unified Federal Republic of Germany until his past as a Stasi informant was revealed.