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Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (born April 20, 1946) is a GermanGermany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in central Europe....
 conservativeConservatism

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 politician who served as the last head of stateHead of State Overview

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 of East Germany from April 5 to October 2, 1990. The following day, East and West GermanyWest Germany

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 were reunitedGerman reunification

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She was born in EisenachEisenach

Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany....
 and studied medicine. She joined the CDUChristian Democratic Union (East Germany) Summary

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany was an East German political party founded in 1945....
 in 1981 and in March 1990 became a member of the VolkskammerVolkskammer

The Volkskammer was the de jure Legislature of the German Democratic Republic....
. On April 5, 1990 she became the President of the Volkskammer and, as the Council of State of the German Democratic Republic had been abolished, head of state of East Germany (the first and only woman to hold the post).
She met in East BerlinEast Berlin

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 with former United States President Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan Overview

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 before reunification and said "Mr. President, we have much to thank you for." Upon unification she was named a Minister Without Portfolio.

After reunification she became a member of the BundestagBundestag

The Bundestag is the parliament of Germany....
. She was Federal Minister for Special AffairsFederal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany

A Federal Minister for Special Affairs is a federal minister without portfolio of Germany....
 from 1990 to 1991, and Under-Secretary of State for Health between 1991 and 1998. She retired from the Bundestag in September 2002. She is a Protestant.