Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk: Sabine Bergmann-Pohl – 180 Tage Staatsoberhaupt der DDR
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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the Volkskammer of East Germany from April to October 1990. During this time, she was also the interim head of state of East Germany, holding both posts until the state's merger into West Germany in October. She was the youngest, only female and the last head of…
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politics · German politician, last leader of East Germany · politician · physician · minister · also Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Bergmann-Pohl
Born 20 April 1946 · Q57232
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2016· 1 entry
Nachrichten: Sabine Bergmann-Pohl erhält Scheidegger Friedenspreis
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Stadtältester von Berlin (2012).
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2003· 1 entry
Became President of the Berlin Red Cross and a member of the Presidium of the International Federation, where she has served as vice president since 2007
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1998–2002).
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1994–1998).
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1991· 1 entry
Career landmark: Parliamentary Secretary in Germany (1991–1998).
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1990· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the Volkskammer (1990–1990).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1990–1990).
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Bergmann-Pohl was made Patron of the General Disabled Persons in Germany (ABID eV)
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1990–1994).
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1981· 1 entry
Joined the East German CDU, one of the bloc parties of the GDR, and in 1987 was elected to the district board in East Berlin
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1972· 1 entry
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl was married to Ulrich Pohl from 1972 to 1979.
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1966· 1 entry
Began to study medicine and graduated in 1972 with a diploma in medicine
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1964· 1 entry
Bergmann-Pohl was initially not admitted to university and entered a two-year internship at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Humboldt University in East Berlin
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-04-20.
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