What is Joachim Gauck?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Joachim Gauck | image = Joachim Gauck - 2019-08-14 (cropped).jpg |caption = Gauck in 2019 |office = [[President of Germany]] |chancellor = [[Angela Merkel]] |term_start = 18 March 2012 |term_end = 19 March 2017 |predecessor = [[Christian Wulff]] |successor = [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]] |office1 = [[Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives]] |term_start1 = 4 October 1990 |term_end1 = 10 October 2000 |predecessor1 = None |successor1 = [[Marianne Birthler]] |office2 = Member of the [[Bundestag]] |term_start2 = 3 October 1990 |term_end2 = 4 October 1990 |office3 = Member of the [[People's Chamber]] |term_start3 = 18 March 1990 |term_end3 = 3 October 1990 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|1|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rostock]], [[Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <br /><small>(1990–present)</small> |otherparty = [[New Forum]]/[[Alliance 90]] <br /><small>(1989–1990)</small> |spouse = Gerhild Gauck <small>(m. 1959; [[divorced]] 1991)</small> |partner = [[Daniela Schadt]] <small>(2000–present)</small> |children = Christian<br />Martin<br />Gesine<br />Katharina |alma_mater = [[University of Rostock]]<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.uni-rostock.de/detailseite/news-artikel/auf-vielfaeltige-weise-mit-der-universitaet-rostoc/ |title=Auf vielfältige Weise mit der Universität Rostock verbunden |publisher=Uni Rostock |date=20 February 2012 |accessdate=21 March 2012 |archive-date=28 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028235123/http://www.uni-rostock.de/detailseite/news-artikel/auf-vielfaeltige-weise-mit-der-universitaet-rostoc/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |profession = [[Pastor]] |signature = Joachim Gaucks signature.svg }} '''Joachim Gauck''' (24 January 1940) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]] and former [[Lutheran]] [[pastor]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/18/joachim-gauck-elected-german-president |title=Joachim Gauck elected