[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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