Peter-Michael Diestel

Peter-Michael Diestel
Peter-Michael Diestel
	Diestel (1990)
Deputy Minister-President
	In office; 12 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Minister-President	Lothar de Maizière
Preceded by	Christa Luft; Peter Moreth; Lothar de Maizière
Succeeded by	Hans-Dietrich Genscher (as Vice Chancellor of Germany)
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 12 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Minister-President	Lothar de Maizière
Preceded by	Lothar Ahrendt
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schäuble (as Minister of the Interior of Germany)
Member of the Volkskammer ; for Leipzig
	In office; 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Minister-President
Brandenburg state politics
Leader of the Opposition; in the Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 26 October 1990 – 8 May 1992
Minister-President	Manfred Stolpe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dieter Helm
Leader of the; Christian Democratic Union; in the Landtag of Brandenburg
	In office; 26 October 1990 – 8 May 1992
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dieter Helm
Member of the; Landtag of Brandenburg ; for Frankfurt/Oder I
	In office; 26 October 1990 – 11 October 1994
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Manfred Rademacher (Oder-Spree III/Frankfurt (Oder))
Personal details
Born	14 February 1952 (age 72); Prora, Binz, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (1990–2021); Christian Democratic Union (East) (1990); German Social Union (1990); Christlich-soziale Partei Deutschlands (1989–1990)
Residence	Zislow
Alma mater	Karl Marx University Leipzig
Occupation	Politician; Lawyer; Animal Technician;
Website	Official law practice website;

Peter-Michael Diestel (born 14 February 1952 in Prora) is a German lawyer and former politician (independent, formerly DSU, CDU). He was the last Interior Minister of East Germany, under Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière (1990). As such, he represented the DDR in the negotiations on the unification treaty. He was then a member of the Brandenburg state parliament until 1994.