Please answer the following question: What type of details about thomas de maiziere can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: karl ernst thomas de maiziere -lrb- ; born 21 january 1954 -rrb- is a german politician -lrb- cdu -rrb- 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 at the chancellor 's office 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 schauble and ursula von der leyen , de maiziere is one of only three ministers with merkel since she became chancellor in 2005 . together with von der leyen , he has in the past been mentioned as a possible future successor to chancellor angela merkel . 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 .
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