Actor
Born Jan 24, 1940 · Rostock, Germany
Awards: Theodor Heuss Medal, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hannah Arendt Prize, Cicero Orator Prize, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Erich-Kästner award, Courage Award, Heinz Herbert Karry Award
Joachim Wilhelm Gauck 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.