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Joachim Wilhelm Gauck is a German politician and civil rights activist who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany. During the Peaceful Revolution in 1989, he was a co-founder
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Political party: Independent
Other political affiliations: New …
Succeeded by: Frank-Walter Stei…
Gauck was born into a family of sailors in Rostock, the son of Olga (née Warremann; born 1910) and Joachim Gauck Sr. (born 1907). His father was an experienced ship's captain and distinguished naval officer (
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See moreOn 3 June 2010, Joachim Gauck was nominated for President of Germany in the 2010 election by the SPD and the Greens. Gauck is not a member of either the SPD or the Greens (although
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See more• Member of the Atlantik-Brücke
• Member of the Senate of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities...
See moreDuring the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, he became a member of the New Forum, a democratic opposition movement, and was elected as its
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See moreHe has written on Soviet-era concentration camps such as the NKVD Special Camp No. 1, the crimes of communism, and political repression in East
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Following the resignation of President Christian Wulff on 17 February 2012, Joachim Gauck was...
See moreGauck married Gerhild "Hansi" Gauck (née Radtke), his childhood sweetheart whom he met at age ten, but the couple has been separated since 1991.
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