Thomas de Maiziere will succeed Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as Germany's defence minister, it was announced on 2 March. De Maiziere, the current interior minister, is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU): the leading party in Berlin's governing coalition. He takes over the ministry at a time of political turmoil, with Zu Guttenberg forced to resign in the midst of a plagiarism scandal.
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机译：3月2日宣布，托马斯·德·迈济埃（Thomas de Maiziere）将接替卡尔·塞奥多尔·祖古腾堡（Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg）担任德国国防部长。现任内政部长De Maiziere是总理安格拉·默克尔（Angela Merkel）的基督教民主联盟（CDU）成员：柏林执政联盟的领导党。在政治动荡之际，他接任了该部，祖·古腾堡（Zu Guttenberg）在a窃丑闻中被迫辞职。
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