Sabine Bergmann-Pohl
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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Bundesministerin a. D. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Head of state of the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 April 1990 – 3 October 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Hans Modrow Lothar de Maizière | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Manfred Gerlach (as Chairman of the State Council) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Richard von Weizsäcker (as President of Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Volkskammer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Günther Maleuda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rita Süssmuth (as President of the Bundestag) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Special Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 October 1990 – 18 January 1991 Serving with Rudolf Seiters, Hans Klein, Günther Krause, Lothar de Maizière, Rainer Ortleb, Hansjoachim Walther | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 January 1991 – 26 October 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister | Gerda Hasselfeldt Horst Seehofer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Anton Pfeifer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Christa Nickels | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Sabine Schulz 20 April 1946 Eisenach, Thuringia, Soviet occupation zone, Allied-occupied Germany (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1990–) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Christian Democratic Union (East) (1981–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Ulrich Pohl (m. 1972–1979)Jürgen Bergmann (m. 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. med.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation |
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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; German: reunification of Germany, she served in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, first as one of many Minister for Special Affairs appointed to provide representation for the last East German government in the Kohl cabinet, then as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health for the remainder of Chancellor Kohl's time in office.[1]
Early life and education
She was born as Sabine Schulz in
lung
specialist and in 1980 earned a medical doctorate.
From 1980 to 1985, she was medical director of the polyclinic department for lung diseases, and
Berlin-Friedrichshain
. From 1985 to 1990, she was medical director at the District Office for lung diseases and tuberculosis in East Berlin.
Since 1990, Bergmann-Pohl has been the Patron of the General Disabled Persons in Germany (ABID eV) and since 2003 President of the Berlin
International Federation
and has been a vice president since 2007.
Political career
In 1981, she joined the
bloc parties of the GDR, and in 1987 was elected to the district board in East Berlin
.
In the
State Council, the country's collective presidency. Under the Constitution, the president of the People's Chamber was ex officio vice president of the GDR; as such, Bergmann-Pohl assumed the role of interim head of state as well. In that role, she presided over the People's Chamber formally petitioning to join the Federal Republic of Germany on 23 August, as well as the overwhelming approval of the unification treaty
on 12 September.
After
cabinet.[2]
After the
Federal Ministry for Health on 18 January 1991. Following her party's defeat in the 1998 election
, she departed from the government on 27 October 1998 but remained in the Bundestag until 2002.
Personal life
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl was married to Ulrich Pohl from 1972 to 1979. They had two children. Since 1990 she is married to Jürgen Bergmann. She is a Protestant.[3][4]
Offices
- Parliamentary mandates
- Member of the People's Chamber of the GDR (1990)
- President of the People's Chamber (1990)
- Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2002)
- Government Offices
- Federal Minister for Special Affairs (1990–1991)
- Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health (1991–1998)
Writings
- Frequency of a history and clinical findings of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in childhood, their relationship to lung function and determination of reference values for the ventilation and distribution parameters on Pneumotestgerät. Results of a school investigation. Dissertation Academy for Medical Training of East Berlin, 1981, Berlin-Karow, 1976.
- Farewell without tears. Looking back at the year of the Unification. Recorded by ISBN 3-550-07802-1
- Sabine Bergmann-Pohl & Paul B. Wink (ed.): Panel Discussion 1953-1989: Germany on the way to unity and freedom on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the uprising in East Germany on 17 June 2003 at the Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin 2004 ISBN 3-937731-00-8
- Sabine Bergmann-Pohl & ISBN 978-3-939826-46-0
References
- ISBN 978-1-44731-578-0
- ^ "Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages – 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis; Stand: 28. Februar 1998" [The members of the German Bundestag – 1st – 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index]. webarchiv.bundestag.de (in German). Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestages (WD 3/ZI 5). 28 February 1998. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Archived copy Archived 2 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biografie. Sabine Bergmann
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