Gesine Schwan

German political scientist · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1943 · age 83

Gesine Schwan is a German political science professor and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The party has nominated her twice as a candidate for the federal presidential elections. On 23 May 2004, she was defeated by the Christian Democrat Horst Köhler.

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2018Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-SorbonneAward2017August Bebel PrizeAward2013Erich Fromm PrizeAward2012Bene MeritoAwardGrand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2011BrückepreisAwardWinfried AwardAward2007Markgräfler GutedelpreisAward2006Honorary DoctorateAwardOrder of Saint StanislausAwardSchader AwardAward2004Marion Dönhoff AwardAward1999Urania MedalAward1993Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1943Born22 May 1943