# De Maizière cabinet

The cabinet of Lothar de Maizière was the last cabinet of East Germany before German reunification. It was formed on 12 April 1990, following the general election in March, and existed until reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
It was originally a grand coalition government between the centre-right Alliance for Germany (Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German Social Union (DSU), Democratic Awakening (DA)), the centre-left Social Democratic Party in the GDR (SPD), and the centre Association of Free Democrats (BFD). On 16 August, three ministers were sacked from the cabinet. In protest, the SPD left the coalition and their remaining ministers resigned on 20 August.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Minister-President | Lothar de Maizière | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister | Klaus Reichenbach | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Interior Affairs | Peter-Michael Diestel | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | DSU |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Markus Meckel | 12 April 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Lothar de Maizière | 22 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Disarmament and Defence | Rainer Eppelmann | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | DA |
| Minister for Health | Jürgen Kleditzsch | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Labour and Social Affairs | Regine Hildebrandt | 12 April 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Labour and Social Affairs | Jürgen Kleditzsch (acting) | 22 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Construction, Urban Development and Housing | Axel Viehweger | 12 April 1990 | 28 September 1990 | BFD |
| Minister for Education and Science | Hans Joachim Meyer | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | Independent |
| Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry | Peter Pollack [de] | 12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | Independent |
| Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry | Peter Kauffold [de] (acting) | 16 August 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry | Gottfried Haschke (acting) | 20 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Family and Women | Christa Schmidt | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister of Finance | Walter Romberg | 12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister of Finance | Werner Skowron [de] (acting) | 16 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Research and Technology | Frank Terpe | 12 April 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Research and Technology | Hans Joachim Meyer (acting) | 22 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | Independent |
| Minister for Trade and Tourism | Sybille Reider | 12 April 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Trade and Tourism | Lothar Engel (acting) | 20 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Youth and Sport | Cordula Schubert | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister of Justice | Kurt Wünsche | 12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | BFD |
| Minister of Justice | Manfred Walther [de] (acting) | 16 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Culture | Herbert Schirmer | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Media Policy | Gottfried Müller | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Post and Telecommunication | Emil Schnell | 12 April 1990 | 20 August 1990 | SPD |
| Minister for Post and Telecommunication | Hans-Jürgen Niehof [de] (acting) | 20 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | FDP |
| Minister for Regional and Local Affairs | Manfred Preiß | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | BFD |
| Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Energy and Nuclear Safety | Karl-Hermann Steinberg | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Transportation | Horst Gibtner [de] | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Economy | Gerhard Pohl | 12 April 1990 | 16 August 1990 | CDU |
| Minister for Economy | Gunter Halm [de] (acting) | 16 August 1990 | 2 October 1990 | BFD |
| Minister for Economic Cooperation | Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | DSU |
* Government spokesperson: Matthias Gehler [de] (CDU)
* Deputy government spokesperson: Angela Merkel (DA)