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Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière ((:də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯); born 21 January 1954) is a German politician (CDU) who has served as the Federal Minister of the Interior since 17 December 2013 as part of the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel. A close confidant of Merkel, he served as chief of staff at the Chancellor's Office and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the First Merkel cabinet, from 2005 to 2009. He was Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2013. Along with Wolfgang Schäuble and Ursula von der Leyen, Maizière is one of only three ministers to have served in Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinets since she took office in 2005.〔Arne Delfs (22 January 2014), (Merkel Succession Beckons After von der Leyen’s Defense Posting ) ''Businessweek''.〕 Together with Ursula von der Leyen, he has been widely looked on as a possible future successor to Merkel.〔Arne Delfs (July 17, 2014), (Merkel at 60 Says No Rest on Laurels as Power Uncontested ) ''Bloomberg''.〕 Before his appointment to the federal cabinet, he served as a cabinet minister in the state government of Saxony, including as chief of staff, minister of finance, and minister of justice. ==Background and education== Maiziere was born in Bonn to the later Inspector general of the Bundeswehr, Ulrich de Maizière. He graduated at the Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn and studied law and history at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster and the University of Freiburg, he passed his first state examination in law in 1979 and his second 1982, earning his Doctor of law (Dr. jur.) in 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thomas de Maizière (CDU) )〕 He belongs to a noble family originally from Maizières-lès-Metz who, as Huguenots, had fled France for asylum in Prussia in the late 17th century. The Maizière family still attended French-language schools and Huguenot churches in Berlin until the beginning of the 20th century. His cousin Lothar de Maizière is also a CDU politician and was the last, and only democratically elected, Premier of the German Democratic Republic, who later served as Federal Minister of Special Affairs in the Kohl government.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas de Maizière」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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