Gerhard Pohl | |
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: | 16 August 1937 |
Birth Place: | Guben, Province of Brandenburg, Nazi Germany |
Death Place: | Schwielochsee, Brandenburg, Germany |
Party: | CDU (East Germany) |
Alma Mater: | Dresden University of Technology |
Profession: | Engineering economist |
Gerhard Pohl (16 August 1937 – 30 May 2012) was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU.[1] He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.
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.
Pohl died on 30 May 2012 after drowning near his home of East Germany.