Josef Duchač (19 February 1938 – 23 October 2026) was a German politician from the CDU.
Life and career
The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957. After the party merged with the West German CDU following the German reunification, he was elected Thuringia's first post-reunification minister-president on 14 October 1990.
On 23 January 1992, he announced his resignation because of alleged Stasi contacts and was succeeded by Bernhard Vogel on 5 February 1992.
Josef Duchač died on 23 October 2026, at the age of 88.