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Quick facts for kids Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Bundesministerin a. D.
Bergmann-Pohl in 1990
Head of state of the German Democratic Republic
Interim
In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Minister-President	Hans Modrow Lothar de Maizière
Preceded by	Manfred Gerlach (as Chairman of the State Council)
Succeeded by	Richard von Weizsäcker (as President of Germany)
President of the Volkskammer
In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by	Günther Maleuda
Succeeded by	Rita Süssmuth (as President of the Bundestag)
Minister for Special Affairs
In office 3 October 1990 – 18 January 1991 Serving with Rudolf Seiters, Hans Klein, Günther Krause, Lothar de Maizière, Rainer Ortleb, Hansjoachim Walther
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health
In office 18 January 1991 – 26 October 1998
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Minister	Gerda Hasselfeldt Horst Seehofer
Preceded by	Anton Pfeifer
Succeeded by	Christa Nickels
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Berlin (Volkskammer; 1990) In office 3 October 1990 – 17 October 2002 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by multi-member district 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	Sabine Schulz (1946-04-20) 20 April 1946 (age 76) Eisenach, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany)
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1990–)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (East) (1981–1990)
Spouse(s)	Ulrich Pohl ​ (m. 1972⁠–⁠1979)​ Jürgen Bergmann ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	Berlin
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin (Dr. med.)
Occupation	Politician Physician nonprofit CEO

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; German: [zaˈbiːnə ˈbɛʁkman poːl]; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. During this time, she was also the interim head of state of East Germany, holding both posts until the state's merger into West Germany in October. She was the youngest, first female and last head of state of East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, she served in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, first as one of many Minister for Special Affairs appointed to provide representation for the last East German government in cabinet, then as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health for the remainder of Chancellor Kohl’s time in office.

Early life and education

She was born as Sabine Schulz in Eisenach, Thuringia. After leaving school in 1964, Bergmann-Pohl was initially not admitted to university and entered a two-year internship at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1966, she began to study medicine and graduated in 1972 with a diploma in medicine. From 1979, she worked as a lung specialist and in 1980 earned a medical doctorate.

From 1980 to 1985, she was medical director of the polyclinic department for lung diseases, and tuberculosis in Berlin-Friedrichshain. From 1985 to 1990, she was Medical Director at the District Office for lung diseases and tuberculosis in East Berlin.

Since 1990 Bergmann-Pohl has been the Patron of the General Disabled Persons in Germany (ABID eV) and since 2003 President of the Berlin Red Cross. Also since 2003 she has been a member of the Presidium of the International Federation and has been a vice president since 2007.

Personal life

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl was married to Ulrich Pohl from 1972 to 1979. They have two sons together. Since 1990 she is married to Jürgen Bergmann. She is a Protestant.

Offices

Parliamentary mandates

• Member of the People's Chamber of the GDR (1990)
  • President of the People's Chamber (1990)
• Member of the German Bundestag (1990–2002)

Writings

• Frequency of a history and clinical findings of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in childhood, their relationship to lung function and determination of reference values for the ventilation and distribution parameters on Pneumotestgerät. Results of a school investigation. Dissertation Academy for Medical Training of East Berlin, 1981, Berlin-Karow, 1976.
• Farewell without tears. Looking back at the year of the Unification. Recorded by Dietrich von Thadden. Ullstein, Berlin - Frankfurt/Main, 1991 ISBN: 3-550-07802-1
• Sabine Bergmann-Pohl & Paul B. Wink (ed.): Panel Discussion 1953-1989: Germany on the way to unity and freedom on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the uprising in East Germany on 17 June 2003 at the Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin 2004 ISBN: 3-937731-00-8
• Sabine Bergmann-Pohl & Wilhelm Staudacher (ed.): "The cry for freedom." The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin 2007 ISBN: 978-3-939826-46-0