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Thomas de Maizière

1954 - Today

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Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 21 January 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and 2013 to 2018, as well as Federal Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2013. He previously served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet from 2005 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas de Maizière has received more than 330,004 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas de Maizière is the 11,780th most popular politician (down from 10,525th in 2019), the 3,559th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,072nd in 2019) and the 1,006th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thomas de Maizière ranks 11,780 out of 19,576Before him are György Klapka, Nikolai Valuev, Sobekhotep VI, Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia, Moses Finley, and Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Jaime Lerner, Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, Colville Young, Urien, and John the Orphanotrophos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Thomas de Maizière ranks 193Before him are Tony Todd, Tallis Obed Moses, Basia, Naguib Sawiris, Yoshiichi Watanabe, and Jesús María Satrústegui. After him are David Paich, Jaume Bartumeu, Joseph-Antoine Bell, Corinna Harfouch, Esko Aho, and Laima Vaikule.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Thomas de Maizière ranks 3,559 out of 7,253Before him are Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265), Peter von Hess (1792), Reinhard Marx (1953), Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854), Johann Ernst Glück (1652), and Sibylla of Anhalt (1564). After him are Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1634), Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Margit Carstensen (1940), Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755), Iris Berben (1950), and Stanislaus Kobierski (1910).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Thomas de Maizière ranks 1,006Before him are Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711), Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943), Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1723), Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265), and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854). After him are Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1634), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863), Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674), Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704), and Gerald Götting (1923).