[1] He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière.

Pohl held a diplom in engineering economics from the Dresden University of Technology.

He was a member of the East German People's Chamber from 1981 to 1990.

Pohl died on 30 May 2012 after drowning near his home of East Germany.

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