Lothar de Maizière (born 2 March 1940) is a German politician from the former East Germany. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...

He was born in Nordhausen and studied violin at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He used to be in the Berlin symphony orchestra before he went on to study law at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Nordhausen is a city at the southern border of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin ( German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer...

In 1990 he was elected to the Volkskammer of East Germany as a member of the CDU, in the first and only free elections East Germany ever held. He then became the successor to Hans Modrow as Prime Minister, and held this position until October 2, 1990 — the following day East Germany was incorporated into the Federal Republic of (West) Germany to form a reunited Germany. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Volkskammer was the Parliament of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... The Christian Democratic Union was an East German political party founded in 1945. ... Hans Modrow (born January 27, 1928) served as one of the last leaders of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and as of 2003 functions as honorary chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism. ... General Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party German: Erster Sekretär des Zentralkomitees der Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, Generalsekretärs des ZK der SED. Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl (1946-1950) Walter Ulbricht (1950-1971) Erich Honecker (1971-1989) Egon Krenz (1989) State Presidents German: Staatspräsident, Präsident der DDR...

After German Reunification he was appointed Minister for Special Affairs in the CDU government, until allegations that he had worked for the Stasi led to his resignation in 1991. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR - in English often called East Germany) were incorporated into The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (FRG). ... The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany, founded after World War II by Konrad Adenauer among others. ... This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...