20 March, 2012 - 00:00
FORMER LUTHERAN PASTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FROM THE GDR JOACHIM GAUCK WAS ELECTED THE NEW GERMAN PRESIDENT. GAUCK, 72 YEAR OLD, DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY AND GAINED REPUTATION OF A FORCIBLE SPEAKER WHO DOES NOT AVOID SENSITIVE QUESTIONS. IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SUPPORTED HER PARTY FELLOW CHRISTIAN WULFF, WHOSE OPPONENT AT THAT TIME WAS GAUCK / REUTERS photo
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