Peter Moreth

Peter Moreth
President of the Treuhandanstalt
In office
1 March 1990 – 15 June 1990
Appointed byHans Modrow
DeputyWolfram Krause
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWolfram Krause (interim)
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany
Minister for Local Government Bodies
In office
18 November 1989 – 12 April 1990
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers
Hans Modrow
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byManfred Preiß (Regional and local affairs)
Peter-Michael Diestel (Deputy Minister-President)
Member of the Volkskammer
for Magdeburg
In office
8 June 1986 – 5 April 1990
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
BornPeter Moreth
(1941-07-28)28 July 1941
Chemnitz, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Died2 April 2014(2014-04-02) (aged 72)
PartyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic Party (1962–1990)
Alma materKarl Marx University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Business Consultant
  • Retailer
  • Mason
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Peter Moreth (28 July 1941 – 4 February 2014) was a German politician of the East German satellite party LDPD. He was a member of the Volkskammer from 1986 to March 1990 and member of the State Council of East Germany from 1986 to November 1989. During the Peaceful Revolution he was a Deputy Chairman of the East German Council of Ministers from November 1989 to March 1990, overseeing local government. During the transition towards German reunification he was briefly the first president of the Treuhand, the organisation entrusted with the privatisation of East Germany's nationally-owned enterprises.