Klaus Thielmann
Klaus Thielmann | |
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Thielmann (centre) in 1989 | |
| Minister of Health and Social Affairs | |
| In office 27 January 1989 – 12 April 1990 | |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| First Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Ludwig Mecklinger |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Kleditzsch (Health) Regine Hildebrandt (Labor and Social Affairs) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Klaus Thielmann 29 October 1933 |
| Died | 25 January 2024 (aged 90) |
| Party | Socialist Unity Party (1978–1989) |
| Education | Sorbian Gymnasium Bautzen |
| Alma mater | |
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Klaus Thielmann (29 October 1933 – 25 January 2024) was an East German physician, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
He served as East Germany's penultimate Health Minister, being appointed on the eve of and serving during the Peaceful Revolution. Thielmann was of Sorbian descent and the only Sorb to ever hold a ministerial position in East Germany and, to date, Germany on a national level.