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	Johannes Rau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johannes Rau (January 16, 1931 – January 27, 2006) was the President of Germany from July 1, 1999 until June 30, 2004.
		As a schoolboy Rau was active in the Confessing Church, a circle of the German Protestant Church which actively resisted Nazism.
		In 1998 Rau stepped down from his positions as SPD Chairman and Minister President, and on May 23, 1999, was elected Federal President by the Federal Assembly of Germany to succeed Roman Herzog (CDU).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannes_Rau (716 words)

	Former German President Johannes Rau dies - Boston.com
		Johannes Rau, the former German president who urged his country to open up to foreigners and promoted deeper ties with Israel, died Friday at age 75, his office said.
		Rau, who as Germany's president urged the nation to open up to foreigners, sought to promote deeper ties with Israel and warned of the possible pitfalls of genetic research, has died, his office announced Friday Jan. 27, 2006.
		Rau also contributed to an emotional national debate on the future of genetic research, arguing that Germany's Nazi past and the terrifying experiments carried out on humans should give pause for thought when guidelines are set out for modern science.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/01/27/former_german_president_johannes_rau_dies (677 words)

	Johannes Rau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johannes Rau (born January 16, 1931) is the President of Germany since July 1, 1999.
		As schoolboy Rau was active in the Confessing Church, a circle of the German Protestant Church actively resisting national socialism.
		In 1998 Rau stepped down from his positions as SPD Chairman and Minister President to become finally elected by the Federal Assembly of Germany as Federal President on May 23, 1999, as successor of Roman Herzog (CDU).
	www.portaljuice.com /johannes_rau.html (539 words)

	German News - The February 2003 issue of the monthly magazine of German Embassy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1999 Johannes Rau was elected President of the Federal Republic of Germany succeeding Roman Herzog.
		Johannes Rau was born on January 16, 1931 in Wuppertal-Barmen, as the third of five children.
		Her marriage to Johannes Rau in 1982 was celebrated in a civil ceremony in Westminister City Hall in London.
	www.germanembassy-india.org /en/germannews03/feb/pg06.html (711 words)

	Rau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rau is the eighth Federal President in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany.
		Johannes Rau was born on January 16, 1931 in Wuppertal-Barmen, an industrial town in central Germany ("Bergisches Land"), son of a preacher.
		Rau seemed deeply hurt when accusations were made he had been among those who had taken free flights.
	www.bbv-net.de /news/german/2000-0630/rau.html (814 words)

	Frankfurt EBC 2002
		Johannes Rau was born on 16 January 1931 in Wuppertal-Barmen, the third of five children in a strongly Protestant family.
		In his home town of Wuppertal Johannes Rau was elected to the City Council (1964–1978), serving as Chairman of the SPD Group (1964-1967) and later as Mayor (1969-1970).
		Under Johannes Rau’s leadership the SPD emerged as the strongest party from the Landtag elections in 1980, 1985, 1990 and finally 1995.
	www.frankfurt-ebc.com /pro_2002_1130_rau_cv.html (1060 words)

	Johannes Rau Biography / Biography of Johannes Rau Biography
		Johannes Rau (born 1931) served as deputy chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), as minister-president of the powerful state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1994 as candidate for chancellor and the federal presidency, and as president of Germany beginning in 1999.
		Johannes Rau was born on January 16, 1931, in Wuppertal-Barmen, the son of a businessman who became a Protestant minister and the grandson of a stonemason.
		Early on, young Rau was attracted to the church and to the study of the Bible.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/johannes-rau (234 words)

	President
		Rau, born in Wuppertal-Barmen in 1931 as son of an Evangelist and Preacher, became at an early age a member of the Confessional (Protestant) Church, which, in contrast to the official church, was in opposition to the NS regime.
		Johannes Rau, the eighth President, will now be the second Social Democrat as head of state since the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.
		Ranke-Heinemann, whose niece is married with Johannes Rau, accepted the PDS nomination because of her opposition to the ongoing bombing of Yugoslavia.
	www.vcorps.army.mil /g5/host/president.htm (1311 words)

	Profile: Johannes Rau, a Life in Politics \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 30.06.2004
		Outgoing German President Johannes Rau never finished high school, but after decades of service as a political leader, he has won the respect of a large majority of his countrymen.
		Rau, who is the father of three, held his office in the state until he was elected as Germany's head of state in 1999.
		Rau's hallmark efforts to promote equality, tolerance and respect are partly attributable to his Christian background as well as the experiences of his youth.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1432_A_1251788_1_A,00.html (779 words)

	Yahoo! News - German President Johannes Rau, left, visits Palestinian children in the Caritas Pediatric Hospital, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sunday June 22, 02:19 PM German President Johannes Rau, left, visits Palestinian children in the Caritas Pediatric Hospital, partially funded by the German government, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Sunday June 22, 2003.
		Rau is on a one-day visit in Israel and the Palestinian areas.
		German President Johannes Rau greets a student of "Hand in Hand", a Jewish Arab bilingual school in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 22, 2003.
	www.americanintifada.com /latest/rau.htm (122 words)

	USATODAY.com - German president cancels trip to Djibouti after receiving terror threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rau had planned on wrapping up a three-nation African tour in the tiny country on the Horn of Africa on Wednesday, where he was to meet with German naval troops patrolling the Indian Ocean coast as part of the U.S.-led war on terror.
		Rau's office did not say where the information on the attack came from, and a spokesman in Berlin refused to comment beyond the prepared statement.
		Rau, whose job as president is largely ceremonial, was in Tanzania Tuesday and planned to fly directly back to Berlin on Wednesday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-03-24-german-threat_x.htm (329 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| New president for Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johannes Rau, a Social Democrat, has become German president on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.
		Mr Rau was running for the mainly ceremonial post against two women, the relatively unknown Dagmar Schipanski, 55, an east German from the conservative opposition Christian Democratic parties and Uta Ranke-Heinemann, 71, a theologian put up by the leftist Party of Democratic Socialism.
		Johannes Rau, 68, is seen by some as possibly too old to take on such a high-profile position.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/350685.stm (370 words)

	Anadolu Agency: News in English, 00-04-07
		Rau stated that he is visiting Ankara with the hope stemming from the rapproachment in political dialogue between Turkey and Greece and that Germany encourages Turkey and Greece to continue the rapproachment and to improve the relations.
		Rau noted that there are deficiencies in the education of police and jurists and the implementation of laws.
		Rau stressed that their meeting was objective and positive and that he promised to convey the messages to the concerned authorities in Turkey and Europe.
	www.hri.org /news/turkey/anadolu/2000/00-04-07.anadolu.html (8794 words)

	Stan Persky - 31.05.1999 - Bundespräsident Rau
		Rau, the Social Democratic premier of West Germany's populous North Rhine-Westphalia province--a post he would hold for two decades, until 1998--had been sent in that night to deal with the bad news.
		Nonetheless, as the politically moderate son of a Protestant preacher, sometimes called "Brother Johannes" for his Biblical taglines in speeches, Rau distinguished himself by refusing to engage in party mudslinging.
		Nonetheless, Rau's victory was seen as a much-needed boost for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic-Green coalition government, whose eight-month-old regime has had a bumpy time of it.
	www.stanpersky.de /Europa/19990531.E003RAU.htm (793 words)

	The Globalist \| Biography of Johannes Rau
		Exactly 5 years later, on May 23, 1999, Johannes Rau was elected Roman Herzog's successor as President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
		Rau joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and in 1958 was first elected a member of the North-Rhine/Westphalia Landtag (regional parliament).
		Rau was his party's candidate to become Chancellor of Germany, but was deteated by the governing coalition under Federal Chancellor Kohl.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=488 (237 words)

	CNN - Rau confirmed as German president - May 23, 1999
		Rau took 690 votes in the second round of balloting to become the eighth president of Germany's federal republic.
		Favorite Johannes Rau, backed by Schroeder's Social Democrats and their junior coalition partners, the Greens, won 657 votes in the 1,338-members assembly.
		Rau has said his main goal as president would be to promote the integration of the formerly communist east Germany and west Germany -- the two parts of the country split by the Iron Curtain for 40 years until unification in 1990.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9905/23/germany.elex (682 words)

	Germany Info: Government & Politics
		Federal President Johannes Rau, who announced on September 5 that he will not seek a second term in office, deserves the nation’s respect, both Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said in response to his announcement.
		As Germany’s highest representative, Johannes Rau conveys abroad the image of a tolerant and cosmopolitan country.
		Johannes Rau was elected Federal President by the Federal Convention in 1999.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch/politics/new/pol_rau_retirement.htm (191 words)

	History of the SEF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Johannes Rau responded positively to this initiative and was able to secure financial support from the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia.
		Johannes Rau assumed the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees, while the peace researcher Dieter Senghaas became chairman of the Advisory Board, a post which he still holds today.
		For the Development and Peace Foundation, the election of Johannes Rau, the chairman of its Board of Trustees, as President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1999 was a great event.
	www.sef-bonn.org /html/en/about/history (1007 words)

	Read about Johannes Rau at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Johannes Rau and learn about Johannes Rau here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a schoolboy Rau was active in the
		All-German People's Party, which was known for proposing German reunification, from 1952 until it was disbanded in 1957.
		In 1967 he became chairman of the SPD faction in the Landtag, and in 1970 Minister of Science and Education in the cabinet of Minister President
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Johannes_Rau (525 words)

	Johannes Rau,
		Johannes Rau et son successeur Horst Koehler Dans son discours d'adieu, le président sortant Johannes Rau, 73 ans, a insis.
		Vladimir Poutine et Johannes Rau en septembre 2001 Vladimir Poutine et Johannes Rau sont convenus mardi au Kremlin de la n.
		Le président allemand Johannes Rau vendredi à Varsovie Son homologue allemand, Johannes Rau, a également souligné l'import.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0779329.html (272 words)

	Plaka: Locations: Kalavryta: German visit
		German President Johannes Rau on Tuesday paid homage to the victims of one of the most heinous crimes committed by Axis occupation forces in Greece during World War II, expressing what he called grief and shame over the Kalavryta massacre.
		Rau discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as EU enlargement in his talks with Simitis.
		Greece, Germany are discovering common future, Rau says in press conference: Greece and Germany are attempting to discover their common future, in remembering the past, Germanys fault and history, German President Johannes Rau said during a press conference in Athens on Tuesday.
	www.theplaka.com /kalavryta/germanpres.htm (1139 words)

	DW-WORLD.DE - Pertarungan kekuasaan di Iran / Presiden Jerman Johannes Rau menolak larangan jilbab / Kunjungan kanselir ...
		Rau kembali menolak larangan jilbab bagi guru-guru Muslim di Jerman.
		Rau memperingatkan terhadap laizisme, yakni negara yang tidak punya ikatan dengan agama.
		Karena peringatannya yang ditujukan kepada banyak pemerintahan negara bagian yang sedang mengupayakan larangan jilbab, Rau akan dikenang sebagai presiden Jerman yang paling banyak dikritik, namun juga sebagai kepala negara yang berani.
	www.dw.org /indonesia/presse/1.55962.1.html (610 words)

	LWF News - Council Press Release No. 6 - German President Johannes Rau Greets LWF Council Meeting
		Welcoming Rau to greet LWF Council members meeting September 10-17 in the Luther city of Wittenberg, Krause said the ecumenical and the global belong together for the 133 LWF member churches in their continued struggle for a shared and at the same time global Lutheran confession.
		Rau recalled the beginnings of the LWF through its Lutheran World Service assistance to refugees who included among others, German refugees in the United States of America, Canada and Australia.
		Rau also spoke of the relevance of the LWF Tenth Assembly theme, “For the Healing of the World,” particularly in the context of the recent flooding around Wittenberg.
	www.lutheranworld.org /news/lwi/en/1057.en.html (605 words)

	Germany Online: Information Services: Publications: The Week in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		German President Johannes Rau announced Thursday (September 4) that he will not seek re-election next year to the office of head of state.
		The Süddeutsche Zeitung also commented on Rau's commitment to support the integration of immigrants: "He has made some very successful speeches — even if they were taken rather lightly in the first two years because of his preacher-like tone.
		Time and again, Rau urged for the overcoming of the separation of Germans and foreigners in society.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/publications/week/2003/030905/press1.html (555 words)

	RAU, Johannes
		Rau was elected to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1958.
		Rau was elected deputy chairman of the SPD in 1982 and chancellor-candidate for the 1987 Bundestag election, which, however, brought victory to the Christian Democrats.
		In 1994, in the 3-round presidential elections Rau lost to the CDU-candidate Roman Herzog.
	www.archontology.org /nations/german/germ_state2/rau.php (273 words)

	Retrospective :: German Lutheran Trinity Church Melbourne
		While still at school, Johannes Rau was an active member of the Bekennende Kirche [Confessing Church], choosing its precept Teneo quia teneor [I hold because I am held] as his personal motto.
		Turning to the question of immigration, Johannes Rau voiced the opinion that when it came to a successful integration policy Germany could well learn a lesson from a classical immigration country like Australia.
		Reflecting on the impressions thus gained Johannes Rau said in his speech the following day: «I admire the Australians' pragmatism and their enthusiasm in tackling the integration of their new citizens.
	www.german-lutherans-melbourne.asn.au /en/32105042e.shtml (468 words)

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