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Joachim Gauck: From rebel East German pastor to president of unified Germany | News | DW.COM | 18.01.2017

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Scholz and Grassler of DW.com describe the life and legacy of an exceptional president of Germany and his remarkable life- one who did not shy away from speaking his mind on many issues and was popular with Germans especially in western Germany. He showed emotions and was passionate about freedom and democracy as shown in his final address on the way forward for Germany after the upheavals in the European Union and the refugee crisis. He was influenced by fighting for rights after decades behind the Berlin Wall in a divided Germany. By the time he left office he had also matured and evolved, as shown in the final address that charted a way forward for Germany within a renewed Europe in the face of difficulties.


Germany's new president in 2012- Joachim Gauck

03/17/2012

This marks a change from past presidents. Gauck is a pastor and was a dissident against the East German Communist regime.

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