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 | |
| Preceded by | Ludwig Mecklinger |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Kleditzsch (Health) Regine Hildebrandt (Labor and Social Affairs) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Klaus Thielmann 29 October 1933 Pulsnitz, Free State of Saxony, Nazi Germany (now Germany) |
| Died | 25 January 2024 (aged 90) |
| Political party | Socialist Unity Party (1978–1989) |
| Alma mater | |
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Klaus Thielmann (29 October 1933 – 25 January 2024) was a German physician, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).
He served as the GDR'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 the GDR and, to date, Germany on a national level.