Jürgen Schmieder
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Jürgen Schmieder (born 23 June 1952) is a politician, originally from East Germany, who came to prominence during the months immediately preceding German reunification.
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Born | 23 June 1952 (1952-06-23) (age 71) |
Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology |
Occupation | Politician |
Political party | LDPD DFP FDP |
Children | Married with 2 children |
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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).[1]
Following the abolition of East Germany as a separate state, he became a member of the German National Assembly (Bundestag) between 1990 and 1994,[2] his DFP (party) having merged with the German FDP in August 1990.[2]