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Sep 01, 1937 Dresden, Saxony, Germany 86 years old
German physiologist
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About Peter Gaehtgens
- Peter Gaehtgens (born 1 September 1937 in Dresden) is a German professor of physiology.
- In 1999, he became president of Free University of Berlin after winning the accorded elections against Gesine Schwan (the current candidate of the SPD for the German federal Presidency).
- He stayed in this position until 2003, when he was elected president of the "German Rector's Conference" (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz).
- Gaethgens was a leading proponent of the country-wide introduction of tuition fees at German universities.
- It was for this reason that he was heavily criticized by the public.
