Ulrich de Maizière
Ulrich de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; 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 the Interior.
He belonged to a noble family of French Huguenot origin, originally from Maizières-lès-Metz.
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- Detlev von Rumohr (provisional director)
- Heinrich Gaedcke
- Hellmuth Laegeler
- Ulrich de Maizière
- Jürgen Bennecke
- Hans Hinrichs
- Rudolf Jenett
- Eberhard Wagemann
- Heinz von zur Gathen
- Dieter Wellershoff
- Dieter Clauß
- Jörn Söder
- Werner von Scheven
- Klaus Reinhardt
- Hartmut Olboeter
- Rudolf Lange
- Hans-Christian Beck
- Wolf-Dieter Löser
- Robert Bergmann
- Achim Lidsba
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