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Joachim Sauer
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German chemist and former Second Gentleman of Germany
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Joachim Sauer is a German chemist and university teacher born in Hosena in 1949. He holds citizenship in Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Sauer is married to Angela Merkel and resides in Berlin, where he works at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the institution where he was also educated. He speaks and writes in German.
His professional field is quantum chemistry. Sauer is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Academia Europaea, and the Royal Society. He has received the Liebig Medal and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-04-19 ) 19 April 1949 (age 77) , Hosena , Saxony , Germany
- Spouse
- Angela Merkel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 30 December 1998</span>"}]]}'>1998 )
- Awards
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2018)
- Fields
- Quantum chemistry
- Institutions
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Website
- www .chemie .hu-berlin .de /de /forschung /quantenchemie /Group /js-1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joachim
- Family name
- Sauer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Hosena
- Spouse
- Angela Merkel
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- quantum chemistry
- Image
- Joachim Sauer Royal Society.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Joachim Sauer
- date of birth
- 1949-04-19
- name in native language
- Joachim Sauer
- writing language
- German
- interested in
- quantum chemistry
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- Bo Beskow
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Encyclopedic overview
Joachim Sauer ForMemRS ( German pronunciation: [ˈjoːaxɪm ˈzaʊɐ]; born 19 April 1949) is a German quantum chemist and professor emeritus of physical and theoretical chemistry at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is the husband of the former chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. He is one of the seven members of the board of trustees of the Friede Springer Foundation, formerly together with since deceased former German president Horst Köhler and others.
Education and early life
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