Original sentence: Gauck is very popular also among CDU/CSU and FDP politicians due to his record as an upstanding, moral person during the communist dictatorship as well as his record as Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives in the 1990s.Jörg Schönbohm, former Chairman of the CDU of Brandenburg,  also supported Gauck
Edited sentence: CDU hardliner Jörg Schönbohm also supported Gauck.Gauck is very popular also among CDU/CSU and FDP politicians due to his record as an upstanding, moral person during the communist dictatorship as well as his record as a Stasi hunter in the 1990s