Sabine Bergmann- Pohl (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (born April 20, 1946) is a German conservative politician who served as the last head of state of East Germany from April 5 to October 2, 1990. On 3 October, East and West Germany were reunited. She was born in Eisenach and studied medicine. She joined the CDU in 1981 and, after East Germany's only free elections, held in March 1990, became a member of the Volkskammer. 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 only woman to hold the post. She met with former United States President Ronald Reagan in East Berlin before reunification and said "Mr. President, we have much to thank you for."