Daniela Schadt Explained

Daniela Schadt
Order:Companion of the President of Germany
President:Joachim Gauck
Term Label:In role
Term Start:18 March 2012
Term End:18 March 2017
Predecessor:Bettina Wulff
Successor:Elke Büdenbender
Birth Name:Daniela Schadt
Birth Date:3 January 1960
Birth Place:Hanau, West Germany
Alma Mater:University of Frankfurt
Occupation:Journalist and Editor
Partner:Joachim Gauck
(2000–present)

Daniela Schadt (born 3 January 1960 in Hanau, West Germany) is a German journalist, and, since 2000, the domestic partner of Joachim Gauck, former President of Germany, who has been legally married since 1959 to Gerhild Radtke.[1] [2] [3] She has sometimes been referred to by the media as "First Lady".[4] [5]

Early life and education

Daniela Schadt studied German, French, and politics at the University of Frankfurt.

Career

In 1985, Schadt became an editor at the Nürnberger Zeitung and was in charge of the German politics section. Upon the election of Gauck as President, she left the newspaper.[4]

Other activities

Honours

Foreign Honours

Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

Notes and References

  1. Roman Deininger: Die Kandidatin an seiner Seite, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 29. Juni 2010
  2. Andrea Dernbach: "Ich unterstütze ihn aus vollem Herzen", in: Der Tagesspiegel, 22. Juni 2010
  3. http://www.bundespraesident.de/DE/Bundespraesident-Joachim-Gauck/Daniela-Schadt/daniela-schadt-node.html Daniela Schadt
  4. http://www.bild.de/politik/inland/gauck-joachim/first-lady-daniela-22743904.bild.html Neue First Lady Daniela Schaft
  5. http://www.fr-online.de/bundespraesident--gauck-folgt-wulff/daniela-schadt-und-joachim-gauck-eine-hessin-wird-first-lady,11460760,11674836.html Eine Hessin wird First Lady
  6. https://www.jmberlin.de/en/jewish-museum-berlins-board-trustees Board of Trustees
  7. https://www.unicef.de/informieren/ueber-uns/unicef-deutschland/-/mitgliederversammlung/11136 General Assembly of Members
  8. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qhVG8dpC8nQ/Vt_xSU-TM7I/AAAAAAAA-Gc/lR0YlJekGMo/s600/Queen-Mathilde-7.jpg
  9. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uYjpg8sky1k/Vt_xRIQE4BI/AAAAAAAA-GQ/yy_waOByysk/s600/Queen-Mathilde-1.jpg
  10. Web site: Par Triju Zvaigžņu ordeņa piešķiršanu - Latvijas Vēstnesis.