Minister for Disarmament and Defence of East Germany
In office 12 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Minister-President
Lothar de Maizière
Preceded by
Theodor Hoffmann (as Ministers of Defence)
Succeeded by
Gerhard Stoltenberg (as Ministers of Defence)
Minister without Portfolio
In office 5 February 1990 – 12 April 1990
Serving with Tatjana Böhm, Sebastian Pflugbeil, Gerd Poppe, Walter Romberg, Klaus Schlüter, Wolfgang Ullmann, Matthias Platzeck
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Hans Modrow
Preceded by
Position abolished
Succeeded by
Position established
Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg (Fürstenwalde – Strausberg – Seelow; 1990–1994)
In office 10 November 1994 – 18 October 2005
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
multi-member district
In office 20 December 1990 – 10 November 1994
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Mathias Schubert
Member of the Volkskammer for Berlin
In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
(1943-02-12) 12 February 1943 (age 81) Berlin, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political party
Christian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political affiliations
Christian Democratic Union (East) (1990) Democratic Beginning (1989–1990)
Spouse
Eva-Maria Strauth
(m. 1969; div. 1988)
Children
5
Residence
Berlin
Alma mater
Paulinum
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Rainer Eppelmann (German pronunciationⓘ) (born 12 February 1943 in Berlin), is a German politician. Known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic, he became Minister for Disarmament and Defense in the last cabinet. He is now a member of the CDU.
RainerEppelmann (German pronunciation) (born 12 February 1943 in Berlin), is a German politician. Known for his opposition in the German Democratic Republic...
Founding members included Wolfgang Schnur, Friedrich Schorlemmer, RainerEppelmann, Günter Nooke and Thomas Welz. The organisation became a political...
reason for Schnur's election was that he was "not a theologian", unlike RainerEppelmann who was also keen to take on the position, and indeed did so in succession...
feelings about former Stasi members, and, in turn, cause violence. Pastor RainerEppelmann, who became Minister of Defense and Disarmament after March 1990, felt...
included Jürgen Fuchs, Gerulf Pannach, Rudolf Bahro, Robert Havemann, RainerEppelmann, Reiner Kunze, husband and wife Gerd and Ulrike Poppe, and Wolfgang...
of Education Bernd Eisenfeld – historian and GDR opposition figure RainerEppelmann – minister and politician (the only Minister of the Ministry of Disarmament...
Echternach Christian Ehler Hermann Ehlers Henning Eichberg Dirk Elbers RainerEppelmann Ludwig Erhard Joachim Erwin Franz Etzel Joachim Fest Hans Filbinger...
was editor and author of several illegal samizdat publications with RainerEppelmann of the peace circle of the East Berlin Samariterkirche (Church of the...
(1935–2018) 18 November 1989 12 April 1990 145 days SED Modrow 5 Eppelmann, RainerRainerEppelmann (born 1943) 12 April 1990 2 October 1990 173 days DA de Maizière...
judge 11 February – Gerhard Glogowski, German politician 12 February – RainerEppelmann, German politician 13 February – Friedrich Christian Delius, German...
movement: many of its Berlin-based protagonists, such as Bärbel Bohley, RainerEppelmann, Rudi Pahnke, Hans-Jochen Tschiche and Edelbert Richter, became regular...
of Punishment', talk with former East-German secretary of defence RainerEppelmann and Katrin Hattenhauer, Planet Wissen, Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk SWR...
Böhm 5 February 1990 12 April 1990 Independent Women's Association RainerEppelmann 5 February 1990 12 April 1990 DA Sebastian Pflugbeil [de] 5 February...
later to be found out to have been a collaborator of the Stasi) and RainerEppelmann increasingly worked together with the Christian Democratic Union, Schorlemmer...
Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 5 November 2016. Bernd Eisenfeld; RainerEppelmann; Karl Wilhelm Fricke; Peter Maser [in German] (1998). Für Freiheit...
PDS Peter Enders, SPD Wolfgang Engelmann, CDU Dagmar Enkelmann, PDS RainerEppelmann, CDU Gernot Erler, SPD Petra Ernstberger, SPD Jörg van Essen, FDP Heinz...
Revolution of 1956. On that day addresses were delivered by László Tőkés, RainerEppelmann and others. The chief patron of the celebration was Viktor Orbán. The...
Martina Eickhoff, SPD Uschi Eid, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Marga Elser, SPD RainerEppelmann, CDU Gernot Erler, SPD Petra Ernstberger, SPD Jörg van Essen, FDP Karin...
Hans A. Engelhard, FDP Wolfgang Engelmann, CDU Dagmar Enkelmann, PDS RainerEppelmann, CDU Wolfgang Erler, CDU (from 6 September 1993) Gernot Erler, SPD...
Uschi Eid, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Marga Elser, SPD Peter Enders, SPD RainerEppelmann, CDU Gernot Erler, SPD Petra Ernstberger, SPD Jörg van Essen, FDP Anke...
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