Bundesversammlung joachim gauck biography

Joachim Wilhelm Gauck.
Born in 1946 in Rostock in the eastern part of Germany, Joachim Gauck, like Chancellor Angela Merkel, grew up under the communist dictatorship.
Mr Gauck won 991 of the 1,232 votes cast within the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) comprising 620 MPs from the Bundestag and the representatives of.

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Election of Joachim Gauck as Federal President

Joachim Gauck is the eleventh President of the Federal Republic of Germany. On 18 March 2012, the Federal Convention elected the former GDR civil rights activist, who gained more than 80 per cent of the vote in the first ballot. The 72 year old received 991 out of 1228 valid votes. By formally accepting his election, Gauck officially took up office with all the rights and obligations that entails. The swearing in ceremony before the Members of the Bundestag and Bundesrat was on 23 March 2012.

In a short address to the Federal Convention, Gauck recalled the first free elections to the People’s Chamber of the GDR 22 years ago: “At that moment, I was filled not only with joy but also with the certainty that I would never ever miss a chance to vote in an election.”

More information on the election of the Federal President

The Federal President is elected by the Federal Convention, which is convened by the President of the German Bundestag. He is responsible for preparation and organization prior, during and after the Convention. The F

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Dr. Joachim Gauck – former President of Germany, confirmed as Guest Speaker at the 16th Alpensymposium 2018

Very special guest at the 16th Alpensymposium 2018: Dr. JOACHIM GAUCK, former President of Germany has confirmed his participation at the Alpensymposium in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Dr Joachim Gauck was born in Rostock, Germany, in 1940. Upon gaining his Abitur he went on to study theology, after which he spent many years serving as a Lutheran pastor in Mecklenburg in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). Even as a young man, Gauck’s opposition to the prevailing dictatorship in the GDR was already apparent. In 1989, he was a co-founder of the New Forum, a democratic opposition movement, and was elected its spokesman in Rostock. Joachim Gauck was one of the architects of the church and civil resistance to the governing SED (Socialist Unity Party). He led the weekly ’peace prayers’ that became the catalyst for a series of peaceful protests against the regime.

On 18 March 2012, the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) elected him the eleventh President of the Feder

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2017 German presidential election

An indirect presidential election (officially the 16th Federal Convention) was held on 12 February 2017 to elect the 12th President of Germany. Incumbent President Joachim Gauck announced on 6 June 2016 that he would not stand for re-election, citing his advancing age.^[1]

The President is elected by the Federal Convention, an electoral body that consists of all members of the current Bundestag and an equal number of electors, who are elected by the sixteen state parliaments. Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party was chosen as the single candidate of the ruling coalition in November 2016; with the Christian Democratic Union choosing not to field a candidate against him, his election was seen as guaranteed.^[2]^[3] Steinmeier was elected on the first ballot, and took office on 19 March 2017.^[4]

Composition of the Federal Convention

The Bundesversammlung was composed as follows:^[5]

In the Federal Convention, a candidate needs a majority (at least 631 votes) to become Pr