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Helmut Kohl grave (2017)
View on map:49.323400°N 8.431730°E
Description
portrait photograph of a 66-year-old Kohl
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
(
German:
[ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl]
; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician and statesman who served as
Chancellor of Germany
from 1982 to 1998 (of
West Germany
1982–1990 and of
reunified Germany
1990–1998) and as the chairman of the
Christian Democratic Union
(CDU) from 1973 to 1998. As Chancellor Kohl was strongly committed to
European integration
and
French–German cooperation
in particular; he was also a steadfast ally of the
United States
and supported
Reagan's
more aggressive policies in order to weaken the
Soviet Union
. Kohl's 16-year tenure was the longest of any German Chancellor since
Otto von Bismarck
. He oversaw the end of the
Cold War
and the
German reunification
, for which he is generally known as
Chancellor of Unity
. Together with French President
François Mitterrand
, Kohl was the architect of the
Maastricht Treaty
, which established the
European Union
(EU) and the
Euro
currency,
[1]
and in 1988 both received the
Charlemagne Prize
. Kohl was described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by U.S. Presidents
George H. W. Bush
[2]
and
Bill Clinton
.
[3]
In 1998 Kohl became the second person to be named
Honorary Citizen of Europe
by the
European heads of state or government
.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut Kohl
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180404668/helmut-kohl
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