Klaus Thielmann

Klaus Thielmann (29 October 1933 – 25 January 2024) was a German physician, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

He served as the GDR's penultimate Health Minister, being appointed on the eve of and serving during the Peaceful Revolution.

Thielmann was of Sorbian descent and the only Sorb to ever hold a ministerial position in the GDR and, to date, Germany on a national level. Provided by Wikipedia