Karl-Hermann Steinberg

Karl-Hermann Steinberg (22 June 1941 in Heiligenstadt - 17 October 2021) was an eminent German university lecturer in Chemistry who became a politician (CDU) and briefly, in 1990 a deputy party chairman, and a Government Minister during the final months of the German Democratic Republic.

Karl-Hermann Steinberg
Landesbevollmächtigter of Saxony-Anhalt
In office
3 October 1990  28 October 1990
Appointed byLothar de Maizière
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGerd Gies (as Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt)
Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Energy and Reactor Safety of East Germany
In office
12 April 1990  3 October 1990
Minister-PresidentLothar de Maizière
Preceded byPeter Diederich (Environmental Protection and Water Management)
Succeeded byKlaus Töpfer (as Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Reactor Safety)
Member of the Volkskammer
for Halle
In office
14 November 1971  5 April 1990
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1941-06-22)22 June 1941
Heiligenstadt, Thuringia, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Died17 October 2021(2021-10-17) (aged 80)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union (1990–2021)
Other political
affiliations
Christian Democratic Union (East) (1970–1990)
Alma materTechnical University Leuna-Merseburg
Occupation
  • Politician
  • University Lecturer
  • Business Consultant
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