Joachim Gauck

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President of Germany Protestant pastor civil rights activist human politician

Joachim Gauck is a German Protestant pastor, former civil rights activist in East Germany, and the 11th President of Germany, serving from 2012 to 2017.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Christian Gauck 1
Gauck 1
Gerhild Gauck 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Germany ⓘ
Protestant pastor ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Hannah Arendt Prize ⓘ
Leo Baeck Medal ⓘ
Ludwig-Börne-Preis ⓘ
Order of Merit of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-01-24 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Rostock NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 2017-03-18 ⓘ
familyName Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gauck
givenName Joachim ⓘ
hasChild Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christian Gauck

Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gesine Gauck

Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Katharina Gauck

Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Martin Gauck
knownFor advocacy for freedom and human rights ⓘ
opposition to the East German communist regime ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
memberOf Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany ⓘ
movement Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: East German civil rights movement
name Joachim Gauck self-link ⓘ
notableWork memoirs "Winter im Sommer – Frühling im Herbst" ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
pastor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeNumber 11 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rostock ⓘ
politicalAlignment independent ⓘ
positionHeld President of Germany ⓘ
predecessor Christian Wulff ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gerhild Gauck
startTime 2012-03-18 ⓘ
successor Frank-Walter Steinmeier ⓘ
supportedBy Alliance 90/The Greens ⓘ
Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ
Christian Social Union in Bavaria ⓘ
Free Democratic Party ⓘ
workLocation Berlin ⓘ
Rostock ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joachim Gauck → familyName → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gauck
Joachim Gauck → hasChild → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Gauck
Joachim Gauck → hasChild → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Martin Gauck
Joachim Gauck → hasChild → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gesine Gauck
Joachim Gauck → hasChild → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katharina Gauck
Joachim → hasNotableBearer → Joachim Gauck ⓘ
Joachim Gauck → name → Joachim Gauck self-link ⓘ
Joachim Gauck → spouse → Joachim Gauck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gerhild Gauck