- Peter Gaehtgens
Peter Gaehtgens (born
1 September 1937 inDresden ) is a German professor ofphysiology . In 1999, he became president ofFree University of Berlin after winning the accorded elections againstGesine Schwan (the current candidate of the SPD for the German federal Presidency). He stayed in this position until 2003,cite web
title = Prof. Dr. Peter Gaehtgens
publisher = Friend of Freie Universität Berlin
date = 2007-11-29
url = http://www.ffub.us/about/whoweare/Page3.html
accessdate = 2008-08-01] 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.Fact|date=August 2008Cake-smashing incident
On
2 November 2005 , during the last year of his tenure,cite web
title = Professor Peter Gaehtgens stands down as President of the HRK
publisher = German Rector's Conference (HRK)
date = 2005-11-23
url = http://www.hrk.de/eng/presse/95_1760.php
accessdate = 2008-08-01] this criticism culminated in an attack by four protesting students who smashed two cakes in his face amid a plenary session at theUniversity of Tübingen .cite web
title = Schoko-Sahne für den Rektorenchef (German)
publisher = Spiegel Online
date = 2005-11-03
url = http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,383124,00.html
accessdate = 2008-08-01]References
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