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.

Ministers-President of the Free State of Thuringia
Weimar period (1920–33)	August Frölich Arnold Paulssen August Frölich Richard Leutheußer Arnold Paulssen Erwin Baum
Nazi period (1933–45)	Fritz Sauckel Willy Marschler
Soviet administration / DDR (1945–90)	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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