Johannes Rau

Private Life

Johannes Rau is known as a practising Christian (and sometimes titled "Bruder Johannes" to ridicule his intense Christian position). He has held lay positions in the Protestant Church, and was a member of the Synod of the Protestant Church in the Rhineland.

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He has been married to Christina, born Delius (*1956), a political scientist, since 9 August 1982. Christina Rau is a granddaughter of her husband's mentor, Gustav Heinemann, former President of Germany. The couple have three children: Anna Christina, born 1983, Philip Immanuel, born 1985 and Laura Helene, born 1986.

Related Topics:
9 August - 1982 - Gustav Heinemann - President of Germany

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Today Rau lives with his family in the federal capital Berlin, but they have kept a house in Wuppertal.

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