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Joachim Gauck
Former German president, Joachim Gauck was a protestant pastor in East Germany before reunification.
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Dutch Liberation Day
Joachim Gauck's trip to commemorate the end of the Nazi occupation raises some eyebrows.
Dutch host German president
The Netherlands has marked its annual day of liberation from Nazi rule in 1945 by inviting Germany's new President Joachim Gauck to be the first German to deliver a keynote speech at the Dutch remembrance ceremony.
Normalizing German-Dutch relations
"No better speaker than Gauck," Netherlands expert says.
Germany and the Netherlands
After decades of antipathy, German-Dutch relations are nearly normal
Ukraine cancellation
Ukraine has played down the fact that the German president has declined to attend a summit there. But Western concern over the fate of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko continues to strain relations with Kiev.
President cancels Ukraine trip
German President Joachim Gauck has canceled a trip to Ukraine this summer amid worries about the health of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Visionaries
The new German president's second foreign trip took him to Brussels.
Visiting friends
The new German president's first foreign trip was to Poland, where he is seen as a friend.
Poland is 'land of freedom'
German President Joachim Gauck has praised Poland as "Europe's land of freedom" during a trip to Poland. Gauck broke with tradition by choosing the Eastern neighbor instead of France for his first trip abroad.
Diplomatic choices
The first foreign visit by a new head of state sends important policy and diplomatic signals.
President Gauck in Poland
Germany's new president, Joachim Gauck, has arrived in Poland for his first state visit abroad. The location is a break from tradition, with France normally the first destination for German heads of state.
A federal president that's out to be perceived as a man of the people
Joachim Gauck is a believer in freedom and the duty of responsibility.
High expectations
Berlin is optimistic about Gauck as new president.
Germany inaugurates president
Germany's new president, Joachim Gauck, has been sworn in. The former pastor and East German civil rights activist already started work after his election last week.
Powerful East Germans still rare
Despite the remarkable careers of Angela Merkel and Joachim Gauck, they are still the exceptions.
Gauck elected
Germany's new president describes himself as a 'left-wing, liberal conservative.'
First day in office
Germany's new President Joachim Gauck has begun his official duties, one day after his election.
Germany's president
As Joachim Gauck takes over as head of state, DW looks at the role of the president.
Germany gets new president
Germany has elected a new president. Joachim Gauck, a former pastor and East German rights campaigner, drew backing from across the political spectrum.
Twists and turns for Gauck
The one-time East German rights activist Joachim Gauck is not someone to be pigeonholed.
A liberal conservative
Germany asks what to expect from its future president, a civil rights activist who leans right.
Germany gets new president
Germany has elected a new president. Joachim Gauck, a former pastor and East German rights campaigner, drew backing from across the political spectrum.
Germany's new president
Gauck is neither a career politician nor a revolutionary, says DW editor-in-chief Ute Schaeffer.
Gauck tipped for president
In Berlin the Federal Assembly, comprising more than 1200 electors, is chosing Germany's third president in two years. Joachim Gauck, a theologian and former East German rights campaigner, has broad five-party backing.
Gauck for president
Joachim Gauck is set to take on the German presidency's prestigious but mainly ceremonial duties.
Assembly to elect president
Joachim Gauck is poised to be elected Germany's third president in two years on Sunday when the Federal Assembly votes on the successor to Christian Wulff. Gauck already has government and opposition backing.
Joachim Gauck
Joachim Gauck - Germany's next president
Controversy mars goodbye
A military parade has performed its final salute to Christian Wulff. But even the traditional farewell ceremony was marked by the former president's untimely and controversial departure.
Compensation debate
Many Germans are angered at ex-President Christian Wulff receiving a hefty retirement package.
The Left alternative
Germany's Left party has presented its candidate for president: journalist and "Nazi-hunter" Beate Klarsfeld. With all other parties united around another contender, her candidacy is mostly symbolic.
Ash Wednesday face-off
Carnival may be over, but German parties have nonetheless engaged in a traditional war of words on Ash Wednesday. The eurozone debt crisis and the resignation of Germany's scandal-plagued president dominated speeches.
Call for consequences
Following the resignation of the German president, Transparency International calls for change.
Wulff scandal aftermath
Following the resignation of Germany's president, anti-corruption organization Transparency International says the country must reform laws governing political donations and codes of conduct for politicians.
Presidency debate stirs tensions
Although rights activist Joachim Gauck garnered multiparty support, his presidential candidacy came at a cost within Chancellor Merkel's coalition. The CDU gave up its opposition only under pressure from the FDP.
Gauck for president
The choice of Joachim Gauck for president reflects the pastor's long record of civic engagement.
Presidential talks
Germany's largest political parties agree on Joachim Gauck as candidate for president.
Gauck for president
Chancellor Merkel's center-right coalition has chosen Joachim Gauck as the nominee to succeed former president Christian Wulff. Gauck enjoys strong support among the opposition Social Democrats and Greens.
Presidential headhunt begins
The search for a new president is fully under way after Christian Wulff quit on Friday. Chancellor Merkel had said the parties should try to find a consensus candidate. The start of the search has not been auspicious.
German presidential elections
Germany's presidential election exposed Chancellor Merkel's and her coalition's weakness.
Near-surprise
Germany's presidential election goes right to the wire, but the favorite eventually wins.
Presidential race
Opposition candidate could upset what seemed a done-deal in Germany's presidential election.
Gauck: a portrait
Joachim Gauck is the opposition's candidate in Germany's presidential election. So just who is he?
Koehler's farewell
The German armed forces bid former President Horst Koehler farewell with military ceremony.
Presidential election
Support is growing for the German opposition's presidential candidate Joachim Gauck.
Remembering the Past for the Present's Sake
The association "Against Forgetting" is creating a book containing interviews of children who survived Nazi concentration camps. DW-WORLD spoke to the group's president, Joachim Gauck, about German-Polish relations.
New Law Could Open Kohl's Stasi File
The German parliament amends a decade-old law governing access to the files kept by East Germany's secret police. The vote could make it easier for journalists and academics to access data on Helmut Kohl and others.
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