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Thomas de Maizière

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Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 21 January 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2018, as well as Federal Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2013. He previously served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet from 2005 to 2009. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Bundestag for Meißen. Along with Ursula von der Leyen and Wolfgang Schäuble, De Maizière was one of only three ministers to have continuously served in Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinets from 2005 until 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas de Maizière is the 11,337th most popular politician (up from 11,778th in 2019), the 3,303rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,559th in 2019) and the 956th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas de Maizière ranks 11,337 out of 19,576. Before him are Yegor Ligachyov, Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Joseph Lebeau, Jan Gies, and Kwon Ki-ok. After him are Ermengol I, Count of Urgell, Maciej Rataj, Aioulf, Dmitry of Suzdal, Sulejman Tihić, and James Harrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Thomas de Maizière ranks 197. Before him are Kim Jung-sook, Luis Arconada, Benoît Sokal, Plastic Bertrand, Steve MacLean, and Margot Wallström. After him are Peter MacNicol, George Church, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Ahmed Dogan, Gabi Ashkenazi, and Dennis Haysbert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas de Maizière ranks 3,305 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796), Georg Curtius (1820), Walter Hasenclever (1890), Tanita Tikaram (1969), Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373), and Heinrich Khunrath (1560). After him are Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), Louis III, Duke of Württemberg (1554), Reinhard Mey (1942), Curt von Bardeleben (1861), Friedrich, Prince of Wied (1872), and Herman Rarebell (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Thomas de Maizière ranks 956. Before him are Sigmar Gabriel (1959), Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819), Enno III, Count of East Frisia (1563), Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893), Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796), and Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373). After him are Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265), Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1529), Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865), Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (1734), and Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1813).

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