What is Christian Führer?
[[File:Christian Führer.jpg|thumb|Christian Führer in July 2008.]] '''Christian Führer''' (5 March 1943 &ndash; 30 June 2014) was a [[Germans|German]] [[Protestant]] [[pastor]]. He was one of the main figures and organisers of the 1989 [[Monday demonstrations in East Germany]]. This led to the [[German reunification]] and the end of [[East Germany]] in 1990. Führer was born in [[Leipzig]], [[Saxony]]. He grew up in [[Penig]]. He studied [[theology]] at the [[University of Leipzig]] from 1961 until 1966. He retired from his job as a pastor in 2008. Führer died from [[respiratory failure]] caused by [[lung]] [[disease]] on 30 June 2014 in Leipzig, aged 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/leipzig-nikolaikirchen-pfarrer-christian-fuehrer-gestorben,10808018,27660754.html|title=Nikolaikirchen-Pfarrer Christian Führer gestorben|publisher=[[Berliner Zeitung]]|date=30 June 2014|access-date=30 June 2014|language=de}}{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|1654809}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuhrer, Christian}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Anti-communists]] [[Category:East German people]] [[Category:German political activists]] [[Category:German Lutheran pastors]] [[Category:People from Leipzig]] {{Bio-stub}}