Ulrich de Maizière
Military Person
1912 – 2006
Who was Ulrich de Maizière?
Ulrich de Maizière was a German general. He served as an aide to general Adolf Heusinger during World War II and later succeeded Heusinger as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, holding the position from 1966 to 1972. His brother Clemens de Maizière decided to stay in the Soviet-occupied part of Germany and became one of the founding members of the CDU, his nephew Lothar de Maizière was the last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic, while his son Thomas de Maizière currently serves as Federal Minister of Defense.
He belonged to a noble family of French Huguenot origin, originally from Maizières-lès-Metz.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1912
Stade - Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Lower Saxony
- Died
- Aug 26, 2006
Bonn
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on July 23, 2013
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