Thomas de Maizière
| Thomas de Maizière | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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Assumed office 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Friedrich |
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In office 28 October 2009 – 3 March 2011 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Hans-Peter Friedrich |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 3 March 2011 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
| Succeeded by | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Minister for Special Affairs | |
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In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Pofalla |
| German Chancellery Chief of Staff | |
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In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Pofalla |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière 21 January 1954 Bonn, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouse(s) | Martina de Maizière |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Münster University of Freiburg |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 21 January 1954) is a German politician (CDU) who has served as the Federal Minister of the Interior since 17 December 2013 as part of the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. A close confidant of Merkel, he served as chief of staff of the German Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet, from 2005 to 2009. He was Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2013.
Along with Wolfgang Schäuble and Ursula von der Leyen, Maizière is one of only three ministers to have continuously served in Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinets since she took office in 2005. Together with Ursula von der Leyen, he has been widely looked on as a possible future successor to Merkel.
Before his appointment to the federal cabinet, he served as a cabinet minister in the state government of Saxony, including as chief of staff, minister of finance, and minister of justice.
Maizière was born in Bonn to the later Inspector general of the Bundeswehr, Ulrich de Maizière. He graduated at the Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn and studied law and history at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and the University of Freiburg, he passed his first state examination in law in 1979 and his second 1982, earning his Doctor of law (Dr. jur.) in 1986.
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