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(‘joachim gauck’ (German: [joːˈʔaxiːm ɡaʊ̯k]; born ’24 january 1940′) is the “‘president’ of ‘germany'”, serving since ‘march 2012’)
(a former ‘lutheran pastor’, he came to prominence as an ‘anti-communist civil rights activist’ in ‘east germany’)
(during the ‘1989 revolution’, he was a co-founder of the ‘new forum opposition movement’ in ‘east germany’, which contributed to the downfall of the “socialist unity party of ‘germany'” (aka ‘SED’))
(in ‘1990’ he served as a member of the only freely elected “people’s chamber for the alliance 90”)
(following ‘german reunification’, he served for a single day as a member of the ‘bundestag’ in ‘1990’ before being elected by the ‘bundestag’ as the first “federal commissioner for the ‘stasi records'”, serving from ‘1990’ to ‘2000’)
(“ALLIANCE 90” / “THE GREENS”)
(as ‘federal commissioner’, he earned recognition as a “stasi hunter” and “tireless pro-democracy advocate”, exposing the crimes of the ‘communist secret police’)
(he was nominated as the candidate of the ‘SPD’ and the ‘greens’ for “‘president’ of ‘germany'” in the “2010 election”, but lost in the third draw to ‘christian wulff’, the candidate of the ‘government coalition’)
(his candidacy was met by significant approval of the ‘population’ and the ‘media’; der spiegel described him as “the better president” and the bild called him “the president of hearts”)
(😍”awwww….”😍)
(after ‘christian wulff’ stepped down, ‘gauck’ was elected as ‘president’ with ‘991’ of ‘1228’ votes in the ‘federal convention’ in the ‘2012 election’, as a ‘nonpartisan consensus candidate’ of the ‘CDU’, the ‘CSU’, the ‘FDP’, the ‘SPD’, and the ‘greens’)
(a son of a survivor of a ‘soviet gulag’, gauck’s political life was formed by his own family’s experiences with ‘totalitarianism’)
(‘gauck’ was a founding signatory of the “‘prague declaration’ on ‘european conscience’ and ‘communism'”, together with ‘václav havel’ and other ‘statesmen’, and of the “declaration on ‘crimes’ of ‘communism’)
(he has called for increased awareness of ‘communist crimes’ in ‘europe’, and for the necessity of ‘delegitimizing’ the ‘communist era’)
(he is the ‘author’ and ‘co-author’ of several ‘books’, including “the black book of ‘communism'”)
(his 2012 book “freedom (a plea)” calls for the defense of ‘freedom’ and ‘human rights’ around the ‘globe’)
(he has been described by ‘chancellor angela merkel’ as a “true teacher of democracy” and a “tireless advocate of ‘freedom’, ‘democracy’, and ‘justice'”
(“the wall street journal” has described him as “the last of a ‘breed’: the ‘leaders’ of ‘protest movements’ behind the ‘iron curtain’ who went on to lead their ‘countries’ after ‘1989’”)
(he has received numerous ‘honors’, including the “1997 ‘hannah arendt’ prize”)
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