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Landesbevollmächtigter
State Commissioner (german: Landesbevollmächtigter) was the title for the provisional heads of government of the New states of Germany shortly after reunification. German reunification took effect on 3 October 1990, when the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany as five re-established states. However, elections for the state governments of these five states took place on 14 October 1990 and the Landtag of these states elected the respective Minister-Presidents from late October to early November. Between the reunification and the election of the respective Minister-President, appointed state commissioner took on the role of heads of government, as stipulated by the German Reunification Treaty. These state commissioner also represented their respective state in the Bundesrat, but only had an advisory vote. They had been appointed by Minister-President of the GDR Lothar de Maizière on 3 August 1990 as ''Landessprecher'' ( en, State Speaker). Most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Duchač
Josef Duchač (born February 19, 1938) is a German politician ( CDU). The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957. After the party merged with the West German CDU following the German reunification, he was elected Thuringia's first post-reunification minister-president on October 14, 1990. On January 23, 1992, he announced his resignation because of alleged Stasi contacts and was succeeded by Bernhard Vogel Bernhard Vogel (; born 19 December 1932) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. ... on February 5, 1992. References 1938 births Living people Members of the Landtag of Thuringia Ministers-President of Thuringia Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) politicians Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians {{Germany-CDU-politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl-Hermann Steinberg
Karl-Hermann Steinberg (22 June 1941 in Heiligenstadt - 17 October 2021) was an eminent German university lecturer in Chemistry who became a politician ( CDU) and briefly, in 1990 a deputy party chairman, and a Government Minister during the final months of the German Democratic Republic. Life Early years Steinberg was born at the height of the war in what had been a spa town in the south of what was then the central part of Germany. His father was a clerical worker. The war ended shortly before he was four, and the entire region became the Soviet occupation zone in what had formerly been Germany. When he was eight, in October 1949, the establishment of the German Democratic Republic formally put an end to Soviet Military Administration, substituting a stand-alone German state with its constitutional arrangements closely modeled on the Soviet Union and its governing class supported by Moscow. Steinberg successfully concluded his schooling and in 1954 joined the Free German Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Wolf
Jochen Wolf (26 August 1941 – 2 February 2022) was a German politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, he served in the Landtag of Brandenburg from 1990 to 1994. He died in Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the H ... on 2 February 2022, at the age of 80. References 1941 births 2022 deaths 20th-century German politicians Members of the Landtag of Brandenburg Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government People from Chemnitz Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1014-304, Gotha, Landtagswahl, Josef Duchac
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1990 In Germany
Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany. Incumbents Federal Republic of Germany *President – Richard von Weizsäcker *Chancellor – Helmut Kohl East Germany (until 2 October) *Head of State **Manfred Gerlach (until 5 April 1990) **Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (5 April – 2 October 1990) *Head of Government ** Hans Modrow (until 12 April 1990) **Lothar de Maizière (12 April – 2 October 1990) Events * Die Wende * 29 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 January * January 15 - East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi February * February 2 - Rüsselsheim train disaster * February 9-20 - 40th Berlin International Film Festival March * 18 March – 1990 East German general election July * 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark * 8 July - West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political History Of Germany
The Germani tribes i.e. Germanic tribes are now considered to be related to the Jastorf culture before expanding and interacting with the other peoples. The concept of a region for Germanic tribes is traced to time of Julius Caesar, a Roman general and statesman who first referred to the unconquered area east of Rhine river as Germania and the tribes living there as Germani. In 9, the victory of Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest prevented annexation of Germania by the Roman Empire. Following the fall of Rome made by the Germanic tribes in 476 with their invasions in the context of the Migration Period and the founding of their own kingdoms; the Franks, a West Germanic tribe, later conquered the other West Germanic tribes and established the Frankish Empire. When the Frankish Empire was divided among Charles the Great's heirs in 843, the eastern part became East Francia; which marked the final ending of Germanic period. In 962; king Otto I of East Francia bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Jena, Gera and Weimar. Thuringia is bordered by Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It has been known as "the green heart of Germany" () from the late 19th century due to its broad, dense forest. Most of Thuringia is in the Saale drainage basin, a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. Thuringia is home to the Rennsteig, Germany's best-known hiking trail. Its winter resort of Oberhof makes it a well-equipped winter sports destination – half of Germany's 136 Winter Olympic gold medals had been won by Thuringian athletes as of 2014. Thuringia was favoured by or was the birthplace of three key intellectuals and leaders in the arts: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Fried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of the communist East Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). The state of Saxony-Anhalt was formed in July 1945 after World War II, when the Soviet army administration in Allied-occupied Germany formed it from the former Prussian Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Following German reunification the state of Saxony-Anhalt was re-established in 1990 and became one of the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Saxony-Anhalt is renowned for its ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 square kilometres (11,382 square miles) and a population of 2.5 million residents, it is the List of German states by area, fifth-largest German state by area and the List of German states by population, tenth-most populous. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city, and other major towns are Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder). Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin, and together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest Metropolitan regions in Germany, metropolitan area in Germany with a total population of about 6.2 million. There was Fusion of Berlin and Brandenburg#1996 fusion attempt, an unsuccessful attempt to unify both states in 1996 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
