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On 17 December 2013 Maizière was appointed Federal Minister of the Interior for a second time.<ref name="Bio">{{cite news|title=Minister|url=http://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/Ministry/Minister/minister_node.html|accessdate=24 February 2014|publisher=''Federal Ministry of the Interior''}}</ref> |
On 17 December 2013 Maizière was appointed Federal Minister of the Interior for a second time.<ref name="Bio">{{cite news|title=Minister|url=http://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/Ministry/Minister/minister_node.html|accessdate=24 February 2014|publisher=''Federal Ministry of the Interior''}}</ref> |
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On 23 February 2014 [[Bild am Sonntag]] reported Maizière, among others in the government and in business, were under [[NSA]] surveillance. The newspaper report quoting an unnamed NSA official said the U.S. Was particularly interested in the interior minister, "because he is a close aide of Merkel, who seeks his advice on many issues and was rumored to be promoting his candidacy for the post of NATO secretary-general."<ref name=ReutersMerkel+>{{cite web|title=U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel: report|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSBREA1M0IK20140223|work=Reuters|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="MerkelAideTargetedByNSA">{{cite news|title=Merkel's aides now on NSA radar, claims Dutch news report|url=http://www.germanynews.net/index.php/sid/220216286/scat/0b761d844c35f1be/ht/Merkels-aides-now-on-NSA-radar-claims-Dutch-news-report|accessdate=24 February 2014|publisher=''Germany News.Net''}}</ref> |
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Thomas de Maizière | |
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| Federal Minister of the Interior | |
| Assumed office 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Friedrich |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 3 March 2011 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Hans-Peter Friedrich |
| Federal Minister of Defence | |
| In office 3 March 2011 – 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
| Succeeded by | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Federal Minister for Special Affairs | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Pofalla |
| Chief of the Chancellery | |
| In office 22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Pofalla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1954 Bonn, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Spouse | Martina de Maizière |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Münster University of Freiburg |
Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 21 January 1954) is a German politician (CDU), currently serving as the Federal Minister of the Interior (since 17 December 2013) in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
A close confidant of Merkel, he served as chief of staff at the Chancellor's Office and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet, from 2005 to 2009. Before his appointment to the federal cabinet, he served as a cabinet minister of the state of Saxony, including as chief of staff, minister of finance and minister of justice. In the federal cabinet he served as minister of defence from 2011 to 2013.
Background
Maiziere 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 doctorate of law (Dr. jur.) in 1986.[2]
He belongs to a noble family originally from Maizières-lès-Metz who, as Huguenots, had fled France for asylum in Prussia in the late 17th century. The Maizière family still attended French-language schools and Huguenot churches in Berlin until the beginning of the 20th century. His cousin Lothar de Maizière is also a CDU politician and was the last, and only democratically elected, Premier of the German Democratic Republic, who later served as Federal Minister of Special Affairs in the Kohl government.
Career
Maizière worked for the governing mayor (prime minister) of Berlin (Richard von Weizsäcker and Eberhard Diepgen), before he was part of the West German delegation to negotiations on German reunification. After 1990 he worked with re-establishing democratic structures in states that were part of the former German Democratic Republic. He became secretary of state at the ministry of culture of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in November 1990. From December 1994 to 1998 he was the chief of staff of the Chancellery of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
He served as the chief of the Saxon Chancellery from 1999 to 2001, with the rank as a cabinet minister. From 2001 to 2002 he served as the minister of finance of Saxony, from 2002 to 2004 minister of justice, and from 2004 to 2005 minister of interior.
On 17 October 2005, he was nominated for membership of the Federal Government as chief of the Chancellor's office and federal minister of special affairs in the First Merkel cabinet. He took office on 22 November 2005 after Merkel's election by the Bundestag. In his capacity as chief of staff of the chancellery, he also functioned as deputy president of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
He took office as Federal Minister of the Interior in the Second Merkel cabinet.
On 2 March 2011, Merkel announced that Maizière would be the successor of federal minister of defence zu Guttenberg, who had resigned from office the previous day.[3] On 3 March, he was appointed to this post.[4] He held the defence ministry portfolio until 17 December 2013.
On 17 December 2013 Maizière was appointed Federal Minister of the Interior for a second time.[5]
Personal life
Maizière is married to Martina de Maizière, with whom he has three children.
References
- ^ "Dr. Thomas de Maizière, CDU/CSU" (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Thomas de Maizière (CDU)". Federal Government. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (2 March 2011). "Angela Merkel appoints her closest adviser as defence minister". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ "Neue Minister ernannt". Cabinet of Germany (in German). 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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