Angela Merkel on Tuesday became the first German chancellor to address the Israeli Parliament, crowning a three-day visit intended to upgrade ties between Israel and Germany. The visit is seen as highly symbolic by each side as Israel prepares for the 60th anniversary of its establishment against the background of the Holocaust. Paying tribute to...
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. No cause of death was given, but Mr. Rau had suffered from persistent health problems in recent years. During his term as president, from 1999 to 2004, Mr. Rau paid particular...
Johannes Rau (16. januar 1931 i Wuppertal – 27. januar 2006 i Berlin) var en tysk socialdemokratisk politiker.
Fra 1978 til 1998 var han ministerpræsident i delstaten Nordrhein-Westfalen, og fra 1. juli 1999 til 30. juni 2004 var han tysk forbundspræsident. Han afløstes på posten som forbundspræsident af Horst Köhler.