Gerhard Pohl

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{{short description|German politician (1937–2012)}}

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| name = Gerhard Pohl

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0419-036, Berlin, Gespräch Gerhard Pohl, Helmut Haussmann (cropped).jpg

| caption = Pohl in 1990

| office = Minister for Economics of the German Democratic Republic

| term_start = 12 April 1990

| term_end = 16 August 1990

| primeminister = Lothar de Maizière

| predecessor = Christa Luft

| successor = Helmut Haussmann (after German reunification)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Guben, Province of Brandenburg, Nazi Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|30|1937|8|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Schwielochsee, Brandenburg, Germany

| party = CDU (East Germany)

| alma_mater = Dresden University of Technology

| profession = Engineering economist

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Gerhard Pohl (16 August 1937 – 30 May 2012) was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU.{{cite web|url=http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/beitrag/12336704/2242247/Letzter-DDR-Wirtschaftsminister-Gerhard-Pohl-im-Schwielochsee-ertrunken.html |title=Vermutlich ein Badeunfall - Letzter DDR-Wirtschaftsminister Gerhard Pohl im Schwielochsee ertrunken - Märkische Allgemeine - Nachrichten für das Land Brandenburg |publisher=Maerkischeallgemeine.de |date=31 May 2012|accessdate=31 May 2012}} He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.

Career

=Education=

Pohl held a diplom in engineering economics from the Dresden University of Technology. He was a member of the East German People's Chamber from 1981 to 1990.

Death

Pohl died on 30 May 2012 after drowning near his home of East Germany.

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