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Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl's tenure of 16 years, 26 days is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany.
Jun 12, 2024 · Helmut Kohl (born April 3, 1930, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany—died June 16, 2017, Ludwigshafen am Rhein) was a German politician who served as chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990 and of the reunified German nation from 1990 to 1998.
Jun 16, 2017 · Helmut Kohl, a towering postwar figure who reunified Germany after 45 years of Cold War antagonism, propelled a deeply held vision of Europe’s integration and earned plaudits from Moscow...
Jun 17, 2017 · BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, died Friday at his home in Ludwigshafen.
May 28, 2024 · The Helmut Kohl Transcripts on the Wilson Center Digital Archive features hundreds of conversations between German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and world leaders that constitute an important scholarly resource for exploring international diplomacy in the first post-Cold War decade.
Jun 16, 2017 · BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Kohl, one of the towering figures of European politics whose greatest achievement is considered the skillful reunification of a divided Germany, has died at 87.
Jun 16, 2017 · Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, who presided over the country’s reunification at the end of the Cold War, has died at the age of 87.
Jun 17, 2017 · B efore his death on Friday at the age of 87, Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of Germany, spent several years wondering whether he would outlive the Europe he had helped to build. And, in...
Jun 16, 2017 · Helmut Kohl was the chancellor who reunified Germany after the collapse of communism and was a key architect of the European Union.
Jun 16, 2017 · Helmut Kohl, Germany's ex-chancellor and architect of reunification in 1990, has died at 87. Kohl led Germany for 16 years (from 1982 to 1998). He is credited with bringing East and West...
