I whanau mai a Maizière i Bonn ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Bundeswehr, a Ulrich de Maizière. I puta ia i te Aloisiuskolleg i Bonn ka ako i te ture me te hitori i te Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität i Münster me te Whare Wananga o Freiburg. I paahitia e ia tana whakamatautau tuatahi i te ture i te 1979 me tana tuarua i te 1982, i whiwhi ia i tana Doctor of law (Dr. jur.) i te 1986.Ko ia no tetahi whanau rangatira no Maizières-lès-Metz, i rere mai i Parani mo te noho ki Prussia i te mutunga o te rautau 17. I tae tonu te whanau Maizière ki nga kura reo French me nga whare karakia Huguenot i Berlin tae noa ki te timatanga o te rautau 20. Ko tana whanaunga a Lothar de Maizière he kaitorangapu CDU, ko ia hoki te kaitorangapu manapori manapori, ko ia anake te Pirimia o te Federal Republic of Germany, ko Kohl de Maizière, i mahi i muri mai i te Kawanatanga o te Manapori Manapori Mana
he kaitōrangapū o te CDU, ā, ko ia te whakamutunga, ko ia anake i kōwhiria ā-iwi