The cabinet of

Lothar de Maizière Lothar de Maizière (; 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 fi ...

was the last cabinet of East Germany before

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. It was formed on 12 April 1990, following the general election in March, and existed until reunification with

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on 3 October 1990. It was originally a

grand coalition A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political party, political parties of opposing political spectrum, political ideologies unite in a coalition government. Causes of a grand coali ...

government between the centre-right

Alliance for Germany The Alliance for Germany () was an electoral alliance in East Germany. It consisted of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Democratic Awakening and German Social Union. The German Forum Party was invited to join, but it declined. The Allia ...

( Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German Social Union (DSU),

Democratic Awakening Democratic Awakening (), or Democratic Beginning, was an East German political movement and political party that was active during the Revolutions of 1989 and in the period leading up to the German reunification. While it was a relatively minor ...

(DA)), the centre-left

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(SPD), and the centre

Association of Free Democrats The Association of Free Democrats () was a liberal electoral coalition, later party, formed in East Germany on 12 February 1990. It originally consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party (East Germany) and the German Fo ...

(BFD). On 16 August, three ministers were sacked from the cabinet. In protest, the SPD left the coalition and their remaining ministers resigned on 20 August.

Composition

* Government spokesperson: (CDU) * Deputy government spokesperson:

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(DA)

References

{{German cabinets Cabinets of Germany Cabinets established in 1990 Cabinets disestablished in 1990 Government of East Germany