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Joachim Gauck

1940 - Today

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Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (German: [joˈʔaxɪm ˈɡaʊk] ; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician 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, Gauck 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 (SED) and later with two other movements formed the electoral list Alliance 90. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Gauck has received more than 1,192,553 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Joachim Gauck is the 1,371st most popular politician (down from 867th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Germany (down from 246th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Politician.

Joachim Gauck is a former German politician and civil rights activist. He was president of Germany from 2012 to 2017. He is most famous for his work as a civil rights activist in East Germany during the Cold War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joachim Gauck ranks 1,371 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrei Zhdanov, Sarah Palin, Ernst Thälmann, Harold Macmillan, Rodolfo Graziani, and Jean-Marie Le Pen. After him are William II of England, Dionysius I of Syracuse, Leo IV the Khazar, Sam Nujoma, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Emperor Ninkō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Joachim Gauck ranks 27. Before him are Carlos Slim, Joseph Brodsky, Michel Temer, Saparmurat Niyazov, Brian De Palma, and Martin Sheen. After him are John Hurt, Pina Bausch, Peter Fonda, Abbas Kiarostami, Tony Tan, and Giorgio Moroder.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joachim Gauck ranks 367 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Mann (1871), Konrad Zuse (1910), Ludwig Beck (1880), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), and Samuel Hahnemann (1755). After him are Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), Hans Lippershey (1570), and Chlodio (393).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joachim Gauck ranks 105. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Christian V of Denmark (1646), and Ernst Thälmann (1886). After him are Chlodio (393), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911), Hans Luther (1879), and Louise Mountbatten (1889).

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