De Maizière
De Maizière is the name of an influential German family of Huguenot ancestry that migrated from France to Germany in the late 17th century. Several family members have had and still have important roles in German politics and business.
The name derives from Maizières-lès-Metz, a commune in the Moselle department now in France that was the family's original home.Important family members
- Gustav Maizier, doctor
- * :de:Ernst de Maizière|Ernst de Maizières, Landgerichtspräsident of Neuruppin and one of the authors of the civil code of Germany.
- ** Walter de Maizière, lawyer
- *** Clemens de Maizière, GDR lawyer, Member of the Ost-CDU and a Stasi spy
- **** Lothar de Maizière, GDR lawyer, Member of the Ost-CDU, later the only democratically elected Prime Minister of East Germany
- *** Ulrich de Maizière, Chief of staff of the Bundeswehr 1966–1972
- **** :de:Andreas de Maizière|Andreas de Maizière, former member of Commerzbank's board of directors
- **** Thomas de Maizière, Chief of the Chancellor's Office and later Minister in the cabinet of Angela Merkel
