--- title: "3 Joachim Gauck Quotes - Famous Politician (Winter im Sommer-Frühling im Herbst)" description: "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..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joachim-gauck-50141.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joachim Gauck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joachim-gauck-50141.jpg) # Joachim Gauck (1940) Politician Germany **3** quotes in **22** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joachim Gauck is a politician from Germany, best known for *Winter im Sommer-Frühling im Herbst*. ## Quick Facts About Joachim Gauck Born January 24, 1940 Nationality Germany Profession Politician Notable works Winter im Sommer-Frühling im Herbst Spouse Gerhild Gauck ## About Joachim Gauck 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. ## Awards & Honors Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau Geschwister-Scholl-Preis Franz Werfel Human Rights Award Ludwig-Börne-Preis Cicero Orator Prize Courage Award Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize Royal Order of the Seraphim Show 39 more awards Erich-Kästner award Reinhard Mohn Prize Hannah Arendt Prize Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles European handicraft prize Decoration for Exceptional Merits Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania Collar of the Order of the White Lion Ewald von Kleist Prize Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Heinz Herbert Karry Award honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Literature Leo-Baeck-Medal Point Alpha Prize Order of Liberty Wilhelm Leuschner Medal Winfried Award Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany honorary doctorate Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav Grand Cross of the Order of Stara Planina honorary citizen of Rostock doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross honorary doctor of the University of Łódź honorary doctor of the University of Münster honorary doctor of the University of Jena honorary doctor of the University of Augsburg honorary doctor of the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Thomas Dehler Prize Theodor Heuss Medal ## Quotes by Joachim Gauck > [Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-gauck/germany-has-acted-effectively-during-the-euro-crisis-it-needs-to/) [Joachim Gauck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-gauck/) [Crisis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crisis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/joachim-gauck-42896_crisis_germany-has-acted-effectively-during-the_1260977.jpg) > [We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-gauck/we-praise-the-strength-the-patience-and-the-longing-of-the-people-who/) [Joachim Gauck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-gauck/) [Berlin wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/berlin-wall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/joachim-gauck-42896_berlin-wall_we-praise-the-strength-the-patience-and_2819658.jpg) > [There is no German identity without Auschwitz,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-gauck/there-is-no-german-identity-without-auschwitz/) [Joachim Gauck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-gauck/) [Auschwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/auschwitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/joachim-gauck-42896_auschwitz_there-is-no-german-identity-without-ausc_3124625.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-gauck/#itemlist", "name": "Joachim Gauck Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. 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