Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
| Sabine Bergmann-Pohl | |
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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl in 1990
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| President of the Volkskammer | |
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In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Günther Maleuda |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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Acting Head of State of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) |
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In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Lothar de Maizière |
| Preceded by | Manfred Gerlach (as chairman of the State Council) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (with Rudolf Seiters, Hans Klein, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Günther Krause, Rainer Ortleb and Hansjoachim Walther) |
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In office 3 October 1990 – 17 December 1990 |
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| President | Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
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20 April 1946 Eisenach, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party |
Christian Democratic Union (GDR) Christian Democratic Union (FRG) |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. As such, she served as acting head of state of East Germany until its merger into West Germany in October. After the reunification of Germany, she served in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl was born in Eisenach, Thuringia. After leaving school in 1964, Bergmann-Pohl was initially not admitted to university and entered a two-year internship at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1966, she began to study medicine and graduated in 1972 with a diploma in medicine. From 1979, she worked as a lung specialist and in 1980 earned a medical doctorate.
From 1980 to 1985, she was medical director of the polyclinic department for lung diseases, and tuberculosis in Berlin-Friedrichshain. From 1985 to 1990, she was Medical Director at the District Office for lung diseases and tuberculosis in East Berlin.
Since 1990 Bergmann-Pohl has been the Patron of the General Disabled Persons in Germany (ABID eV) and since 2003 President of the Berlin Red Cross. Also since 2003 she has been a member of the Presidium of the International Federation and has been a vice president since 2007.
In 1981, she joined the CDU, one of the bloc parties of the GDR, and in 1987 was elected to the district board in East Berlin.
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