The Maizière family is a German noble family of

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ancestry that migrated from the

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to what is now Germany in the late 17th century. Several family members have had and still have important roles in German politics and business. The name derives from Maizières-lès-Metz, a village in the Moselle department, now in France, with which ancestors were connected.

Important family members

*Gustav Maizier, doctor ** (1841–1898), ''Landgerichtspräsident'' of

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and one of the authors of the

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. *** Walter de Maizière (1876–1915), lawyer **** Clemens de Maizière (1906–1980), GDR lawyer, Member of the Ost-CDU and a Stasi spy *****

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(born 1940), GDR lawyer, Member of the Ost-CDU, later the only democratically elected Prime Minister of East Germany ****

Ulrich de Maizière Karl Ernst Ulrich de Maizière (; 24 February 1912 – 26 August 2006) was a German general. He served in the army of three German states: the ''Reichswehr'' of the Weimar Republic, the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany, and the German Army of We ...

(1912–2006), Chief of staff of the

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1966–1972 ***** (born 1950), former member of Commerzbank's board of directors ***** Thomas de Maizière (born 1954), Chief of the Chancellor's Office and later Minister in the cabinet of

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