About Lothar de Maizière
Lothar de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; 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 final months before German reunification. Subsequently he briefly served as a minister in the new government of the unified Federal Republic of Germany until his past as a Stasi informant was revealed. The family took its name from the town of Maizières-lès-Metz and sought refuge in Prussia, where they became part of a broader Huguenot community that integrated into Berlin society while retaining French cultural ties. In the historic March 1990 election, the first and only free election in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the CDU and its allies emerged victorious, positioning Maizière to take on a leading role in the new government. Though Maizière initially denied any wrongdoing, reports from the Stasi Records Agency indicated that he had provided information to the Stasi.
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