Josef Duchač: key obituary facts
Is Josef Duchač dead? Yes. Josef Duchač died on October 23, 2026, at age 88.
Cause of death: Josef Duchač's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Josef Duchač known for?
He was a German politician.
More about Josef Duchač
Born: 19 February 1938.
Place of birth: Jablonec nad Nisou.
Gender: male.
Occupation: politician, engineer.
Nationality: Germany, East Germany.
Education: TU Dresden.
Awards: Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia.
Also known as: Josef Duchac.
Josef Duchač, a German politician and chemical engineer who served as Thuringia’s minister-president from 1990 to 1992, died October 23, 2026, aged 88.
He was also an engineering manager. Born in Jablonec nad Nisou, then part of Czechoslovakia, he studied chemical engineering at TU Dresden.
In 1957, he joined East Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, years before German reunification brought the East and West German Christian Democratic parties together. Following reunification, the East German party merged with West Germany’s CDU, and Duchač was elected Thuringia’s minister-president on October 14, 1990. He became the state’s first minister-president in the post-reunification era, taking office during the political transition that followed the union of the two German states. His tenure ended in early 1992. On January 23 of that year, he announced his resignation amid allegations of contacts with the Stasi, East Germany’s state security service. Bernhard Vogel succeeded him on February 5, 1992.