Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl
Kohl in 1996
Chancellor of Germany (West Germany until 1990)
In office 1 October 1982 – 27 October 1998[a]
President	Karl Carstens Richard von Weizsäcker Roman Herzog
Vice Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher Jürgen Möllemann Klaus Kinkel
Preceded by	Helmut Schmidt
Succeeded by	Gerhard Schröder
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 12 June 1973 – 7 November 1998
General Secretary	Kurt Biedenkopf Heiner Geißler Volker Rühe Peter Hintze
Preceded by	Rainer Barzel
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Leader of the CDU/CSU Group in the Bundestag
In office 13 December 1976 – 4 October 1982
First Deputy	Friedrich Zimmermann
Preceded by	Karl Carstens
Succeeded by	Alfred Dregger
Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 19 May 1969 – 2 December 1976
Deputy	Otto Meyer
Preceded by	Peter Altmeier
Succeeded by	Bernhard Vogel
Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 26 October 1998 – 17 October 2002
Constituency	Party list
In office 14 December 1976 – 20 December 1990
Constituency	Party list
Member of the Bundestag for Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal
In office 20 December 1990 – 26 October 1998
Preceded by	Manfred Reimann
Succeeded by	Doris Barnett
Personal details
Born	Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (1930-04-03)3 April 1930 Ludwigshafen, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Died	16 June 2017(2017-06-16) (aged 87) Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Resting place	Cathedral Chapter Cemetery, Speyer
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Spouse(s)	Hannelore Renner ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2001)​ Maike Richter ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	Walter Kohl Peter Kohl
Alma mater	Heidelberg University
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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician of the CDU party. He was the last Chancellor of West Germany, and he stayed in office after reunification as the first Chancellor of a united Germany.

From 1969 to 1976 he was the Minister President of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and from 1982 to 1998 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Kohl helped to arrange the process of German reunification and participated considerably in the European unity process. A pro-EU conservative, he was often compared to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, two other leaders with similar views in the 1980s. In 1998, he retired as Chancellor, as the SPD won the election. His replacement was Gerhard Schröeder.

His involvement with the CDU donation affair, and in particular offences against party law is open to question.

Kohl died on the morning of 16 June 2017 in his hometown of Ludwigshafen, aged 87.^[1]

Notes

1. ↑ From 1 October 1982 to 2 October 1990, Helmut Kohl was Federal Chancellor of West Germany only. From 3 October 1990 until 27 October 1998, he was Federal Chancellor of the reunified Germany.

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