Jürgen Schmieder
Jürgen Schmieder (born 23 June 1952) is a politician, originally from East Germany, who came to prominence during the months immediately preceding German reunification.
Jürgen Schmieder | |
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East meets west: Jürgen Schmieder (left) greets Otto Graf Lambsdorff (right) at an inter-party meeting (1990). | |
| Born | 23 June 1952 (age 71) Jahnishausen (now part of Riesa), Saxony, East Germany |
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | LDPD DFP FDP |
| Children | Married with 2 children |
At the end of January in 1990 he became Chairman (leader) of the short lived German Forum Party (DFP / Deutsche Forumpartei) in East Germany where in 1990 he sat as a member of the country's first (and last) freely elected People's Chamber (Volkskammer).
Following the abolition of East Germany as a separate state, he became a member of the German National Assembly (Bundestag) between 1990 and 1994, his DFP (party) having merged with the German FDP in August 1990.
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