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|religion = [[Lutheranism]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete17/biografien/M/maiziere_thomas.html |title=Dr. Thomas de Maizière, CDU/CSU |language=German |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |accessdate=18 August 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827043359/http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete17/biografien/M/maiziere_thomas.html |archivedate=27 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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'''Karl Ernst Thomas de Maizière''' ({{IPA-de|də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯}}; born 21 January 1954) is a [[Germany|German]] politician ([[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]) who has served as the [[Minister of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Minister of the Interior]] since 17 December 2013 as part of the [[Third Merkel cabinet|third cabinet]] of Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]. A close confidant of Merkel, he served as [[German Chancellery Chief of Staff|chief of staff]] of the [[German Chancellery]] and [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] in the [[First Merkel cabinet]], from 2005 to 2009. He was Minister of the Interior from 2009 to 2011 and Minister of Defense from 2011 to 2013.
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