Thomas Krüger

Thomas Krüger is a German politician. He is the President of the Federal Agency for Civil Education (since 2000) and the President of the German Children's Fund (since 1995). He served as the final Lord Mayor of East Berlin in 1991.

Biography

Thomas Krüger was born in Buttstädt, Thuringia, East Germany on June 20, 1959. He served on the Bundestag from 1994 to 1998 and was the 7th and final Lord Mayor of East Berlin, serving in 1991. In 2006 he received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2008 he received the Cross of Merit from the Polish Ambassador to Germany at the time, Marek Prawda.