25 Facts About Peter-Michael Diestel

Peter-Michael Diestel was born on 14 February 1952 and is a German lawyer and former politician.

Peter-Michael Diestel was the last Interior Minister of East Germany, under Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere.

Peter-Michael Diestel was then a member of the Brandenburg state parliament until 1994.

Peter-Michael Diestel was born in Prora, Kreis Rugen into an East German military family.

Peter-Michael Diestel completed vocational training in 1972 as a skilled worker for cattle breeding, but was initially not allowed to study for political reasons.

Peter-Michael Diestel was therefore active as a swimming instructor, lifeguard and cattle breeder before he studied law at Karl Marx University Leipzig from 1974 to 1978.

Peter-Michael Diestel saw Strauss as his role mode, he said.

Peter-Michael Diestel was honored as a "Honored Milker of the People".

Peter-Michael Diestel later worked as head of the legal department of the Agricultural Industry Association Delitzsch from 1978 to 1989.

In December 1989, Peter-Michael Diestel co-founded the German Social Union and, in January 1990, the German Social Union, where he was the general secretary until June.

From March to October 1990, Peter-Michael Diestel was a member of the Volkskammer and from April to October, Deputy Prime Minister and successor to Lothar Ahrendt as Minister of Interior of the GDR.

Peter-Michael Diestel was clearly criticized for this by the federal government and the SPD.

Wolf was not appointed to the GDR government committee, but Peter-Michael Diestel announced, according to the press, that he would make use of Wolf's knowledge.

Peter-Michael Diestel sued journalists and publishers who had reported that he was "the last interior minister in the GDR to be jointly responsible for the destruction of some of the Stasi files".

On 10 July, 1995, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg ruled that Peter-Michael Diestel was politically responsible for the destruction of files from the Ministry for State Security during his tenure as Interior Minister of the GDR.

Peter-Michael Diestel later explained that he had campaigned politically for the files to be destroyed and had been supported in this regard by Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble.

Subsequently, Peter-Michael Diestel belonged to the Landtag of Brandenburg as a member until 1994.

Peter-Michael Diestel published a statement in 1993 with others calling for "reconciliation instead of retribution".

Peter-Michael Diestel has been running a law firm in Potsdam since 1993; he manages other offices in Berlin, Leipzig, Gustrow and Zislow, his place of residence.

On 24 May 2007 he ended his representation for Ullrich; Ullrich's manager Wolfgang Strohband said that Ullrich had him withdraw representation because of a television appearance where Peter-Michael Diestel said he had resigned due to disagreements.

From 1994 to 1997, Peter-Michael Diestel served as president of the football club Hansa Rostock and is the honorary president of SC Potsdam.

Peter-Michael Diestel was "a bit dazzling, a bit vague, a bit flirtatious," the news magazine continued.

Gregor Gysi, whom Peter-Michael Diestel met in December 1989 and whom he describes as his friend, said of Peter-Michael Diestel that he "didn't really fit in with politics from the start" since it doesn't matter to him "whether he messes with his party, with me or with someone else".

Peter-Michael Diestel has had three marriages, the most recent of which has been ongoing since 2014.

Peter-Michael Diestel was found guilty of Embezzlement in 2001, the Berlin district court imposed a fine of 9,900 marks on probation and issued a warning.