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  • Ulrich de Maizière
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  • Ulrich de Maizière (; 24 February 1912 – 26 August 2006) 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 (Ost), his nephew Lothar de Maizière was the last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), while his son Thomas de Maizière currently serves as Federal Minister of Defense.
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serviceyears
  • 1930
  • 1955
Birth Date
  • 1912-02-24
death place
  • Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Name
  • Ulrich de Maizière
Caption
  • de Maizière in 1969
Birth Place
  • Stade, Province of Hanover, German Empire
death date
  • 2006-08-26
Rank
Allegiance
  • West Germany
  • Weimar Republic
abstract
  • Ulrich de Maizière (; 24 February 1912 – 26 August 2006) 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 (Ost), his nephew Lothar de Maizière was the last Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 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.