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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;German Program withi
 n the Department of LLL andCenter for European Studies present&nbsp\;Germa
 ny after the Election: Continuity and Change\, Challenges and Perspectives
 &nbsp\;A Talk by:David Gill\,&nbsp\;Germany's Consul General in New YorkCo
 nsul General David Gill\, German Consulate General New York Born in 1966\,
  Gill grew up in a protestant minister’s family in Herrnhut\, Saxony\, in 
 former East Germany. He was denied a higher education by the communist reg
 ime for political reasons. Instead\, he trained and worked as a plumber be
 fore joining a preparatory protestant school and later the theological sem
 inary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. In 1990\, he initial
 ly was the chairman of Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee which oversaw 
 the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security at the Stasi headquarter
 s and served as the secretary of the Special Committee for the dissolution
  of the Stasi of the East German Parliament. After reunification\, Gill be
 came spokesman and head of the research division of the Federal Commission
 er for the Stasi-Files before studying law in Berlin and Philadelphia. Aft
 er holding positions in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and at the Co
 mmissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin\, he s
 erved as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church
  in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. Dur
 ing Federal President Joachim Gauck’s term from 2012-2017\, he was state s
 ecretary and chief of staff of the President. Since August 2017\, he has b
 een the German Consul General in New York. For more information or to requ
 est accessibility arrangements\, please contact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkar
 akas@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:Germany after the Election: Continuity and Change\, Challenges and 
 Perspectives
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>German Program within the Department of LLL and</p><p>Center for Eu
 ropean Studies</p><p> present&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Germany afte
 r the Election: Continuity and Change\, Challenges and Perspectives&nbsp\;
 </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>A Talk by:</strong></p><p><strong>David
  Gill\,&nbsp\;Germany's Consul General in New York</strong></p><p><strong>
 </strong></p><p>Consul General David Gill\, German Consulate General New Y
 ork Born in 1966\, Gill grew up in a protestant minister’s family in Herrn
 hut\, Saxony\, in former East Germany. He was denied a higher education by
  the communist regime for political reasons. Instead\, he trained and work
 ed as a plumber before joining a preparatory protestant school and later t
 he theological seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. In
  1990\, he initially was the chairman of Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Commit
 tee which oversaw the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security at the
  Stasi headquarters and served as the secretary of the Special Committee f
 or the dissolution of the Stasi of the East German Parliament. After reuni
 fication\, Gill became spokesman and head of the research division of the 
 Federal Commissioner for the Stasi-Files before studying law in Berlin and
  Philadelphia. After holding positions in the Federal Ministry of the Inte
 rior and at the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Informatio
 n in Berlin\, he served as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the
  Protestant Church in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and the E
 uropean Union. During Federal President Joachim Gauck’s term from 2012-201
 7\, he was state secretary and chief of staff of the President. Since Augu
 st 2017\, he has been the German Consul General in New York. </p><p><br></
 p><p>For more information or to request accessibility arrangements\, pleas
 e contact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.<br></p>
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