Josef Duchac

Josef Duchac.

Josef Duchac (born February 19, 1938) is a German politician (CDU).

The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957. After the party merged with the West German CDU following the German reunification, he was elected Thuringia's first post-reunification minister-president on October 14, 1990.

On January 23, 1992, he announced his resignation because of alleged Stasi contacts^[1] and was succeeded by Bernhard Vogel on February 5, 1992.

References

↑ John Tagliabue (5 February 1992). "East German is Investigated". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

Minister-Presidents of Thuringia

Weimar period (1920-1933)	Arnold Rudolf Paulssen August Frölich Richard Leutheußer Arnold Rudolf Paulssen Erwin Baum

Nazi period (1933-1945)	Fritz Sauckel Willy Marschler

Soviet administration / DDR (1945-1990)	Hermann Brill Rudolf Paul Werner Eggerath state abolished 1952-1990

Federal Republic of Germany (since 1990)	Josef Duchac Bernhard Vogel Dieter Althaus Christine Lieberknecht Bodo Ramelow

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