De Maizière cabinet

Cabinet of Lothar de Maizière

Cabinet of East Germany
Ministers sign the coalition agreement, 12 April 1990.
From left to right: Rainer Eppelmann, Markus Meckel, Lothar de Maizière, Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling, Rainer Ortleb
Date formed12 April 1990 (1990-04-12)
Date dissolved2 October 1990 (1990-10-02)
(5 months and 20 days)
People and organisations
President of
the People's Chamber		Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (CDU)
Chairman of
the Council of Ministers		Lothar de Maizière (CDU)
Deputy Chairman of
the Council of Ministers		Peter-Michael Diestel (DSU)
Member partyCDU, DSU, DA, BFD, SPD (left)
Status in legislatureCoalition government
History
Election(s)1990 general election
PredecessorModrow
SuccessorKohl III (reunified Germany)
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The cabinet of Lothar de Maizière was the last cabinet of East Germany before German reunification. It was formed on 12 April 1990, following the general election in March, and existed until reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

It was originally a coalition government between the Alliance for Germany (Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German Social Union (DSU), Democratic Awakening (DA)), Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SPD), and Association of Free Democrats (BFD). On 16 August, three ministers were fired from the cabinet. In protest, the SPD left the coalition and their remaining ministers resigned on 20 August.[1]

Composition

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Minister-President12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister
Klaus Reichenbach [de]
12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Interior Affairs		12 April 19902 October 1990 DSU
Minister for Foreign Affairs12 April 199020 August 1990 SPD
Lothar de Maizière
22 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Disarmament and Defence12 April 19902 October 1990 DA
Minister for Health
Jürgen Kleditzsch [de]
12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Labour and Social Affairs12 April 199020 August 1990 SPD
Jürgen Kleditzsch (acting)
22 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Construction, Urban Development and Housing
Axel Viehweger [de]
12 April 199028 September 1990 BFD
Minister for Education and Science12 April 19902 October 1990 Independent
Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry
Peter Pollack [de]
12 April 199016 August 1990 Independent
Peter Kauffold [de] (acting)
16 August 199020 August 1990 SPD
20 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Family and Women12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister of Finance12 April 199016 August 1990 SPD
Werner Skowron [de] (acting)
16 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Research and Technology12 April 199020 August 1990 SPD
Hans Joachim Meyer (acting)
22 August 19902 October 1990 Independent
Minister for Trade and Tourism12 April 199020 August 1990 SPD
Lothar Engel (acting)
20 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Youth and Sport12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister of Justice12 April 199016 August 1990 BFD
Manfred Walther [de] (acting)
16 August 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Culture
Herbert Schirmer [de]
12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Media Policy
Gottfried Müller
12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Post and Telecommunication
Emil Schnell [de]
12 April 199020 August 1990 SPD
Hans-Jürgen Niehof [de] (acting)
20 August 19902 October 1990 FDP
Minister for Regional and Local Affairs12 April 19902 October 1990 BFD
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Energy and Nuclear Safety12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Transportation
Horst Gibtner [de]
12 April 19902 October 1990 CDU
Minister for Economy12 April 199016 August 1990 CDU
Gunter Halm [de] (acting)
16 August 19902 October 1990 BFD
Minister for Economic Cooperation12 April 19902 October 1990 DSU
  • Government spokesperson: Matthias Gehler [de] (CDU)
  • Deputy government spokesperson: Angela Merkel (DA)

References

  1. ^ "Die Regierung de Maizière". deutsche-einheit-1990.de (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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