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    Gesine Schwan

    German political scientist

    Gesine Schwan (née Schneider, 22 May 1943) is a German political science professor and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

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    • The party has nominated her twice as a candidate for the federal presidential elections. On 23 May 2004, she was defeated by the Christian DemocratHorst Köhler. On 23 May 2009, Köhler beat her again to win his second term.[1]

    Personal life

    Born in Berlin on 22 May 1943, Schwan was baptized in the Roman Catholic faith[2] as the daughter of Oberschulrat (Senior School Inspector) Hans R.

    Schneider. During the Third Reich dictatorship her parents were members of the passive resistance,[3] offering protection to a Jewish girl by hiding her. After World War II, the family engaged actively in the reconciliation of Polish–German relations.

    In 1969, Schwan married her first husband, Professor Alexander Schwan, with whom she had two children and who died in 1989.[3