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Gauck elected new German president
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A far-reaching majority of lawmakers elected former East German pro-democracy activist Joachim Gauck as Germany's new president March 18. The 72-year-old Gauck, who enjoyed the backing of most major parties, received 991 of the 1,232 ballots cast, parliamentary speaker Norbert Lammert said. The ex-communist Left Party's candidate Beate Klarsfeld secured 126 votes, the far-right NPD party's candidate Olaf Rose only three, and there were 108 abstentions. Gauck is a former pastor who opposed East Germany's then-communist regime. (AP)
ドイツ、ガウク氏を新大統領に選出
汚職疑惑で辞任した前大統領に代わり、ヨアヒム・ガウク氏が新大統領に就任した。
Shukan ST: MARCH 30, 2012
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