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Diezel was born on February 10th, 1958 in Greiz and grew up in a christian household in Neugernsdorf as the oldest of three siblings. After ten years of school, she trained as a business clerk and worked from 1976 to 1980 as an accountant. She completed her Abitur at a night school in 1978 before studying economy at the Martin-Luther-Universität in Halle. [3]
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