Helmut Kohl
Politician and Country Leader
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Mary Dejevsky: Cool realism is a political virtue, too...in Europe. In fact, there was no ideological recipe and no long-term vision that could have substituted for the snap judgements that had to be made in the autumn of 1989 by Helmut Kohl, George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. They faced... In this article: Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, White House, and Democracy |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 09, 2009
Berlin Wall: have Margaret Thatcher's fears about Germany been proved right?
The British prime minister's position infuriated the West German government. Mr Kohl told President George Bush that Mrs Thatcher's views were "pre-Churchillian". Hans Dietrich Genscher, the German foreign minister in 1989, said the...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Germany, Europe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Angela Merkel, George Bush, Democracy, Second World War, and Foreign Affairs
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George Bush Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl in Germany to mark fall of Berlin Wall
...Wall Former US President George H.W. Bush joined Mikhail Gorbachev, the ex- Soviet leader and Helmut Kohl, the former German Chancellor, for the start of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, George H.W. Bush, Berlin, Germany, Communism, Reuters, Baroness Thatcher, and George Bush
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ITN Headline News - Index | October 31, 2009
20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
...in the concrete barrier that snaked across Berlin. German president Horst Koehler said Mr Kohl, Mr Bush and Mr Gorbachev were "exemplary for the learning route of their peoples". "They all experienced the second world war and its...
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Berlin, Angela Merkel, Germany, Nazism, Nationalism, and Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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BuzzMachine | October 26, 2009
Editor as star
...360-degree tour of his office, starring him. Click on his possessions and learn more - about, for example, a piece of the Berlin Wall signed by Helmut Kohl, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George Bush (41). He has a bio and lots of photos. Diekmann...
In this article: Kai Diekmann, Bild, Axel Springer, Piers Morgan, Acquiescence, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Die Welt, Der Spiegel, and Alan Rusbridger
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Yahoo! News | October 31, 2009
Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall (Reuters)
Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall (Reuters) Reuters - Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (R) reach out his hand to former U.S. President George Bush (C) … By Erik Kirschbaum Erik Kirschbaum - 17 mins ago BERLIN (Reuters) -...
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Berlin, Germany, United States, and God
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The St. Petersburg Times | November 02, 2009
Gorbachev, Bush, Kohl Remember Cold War
...venue the Friedrichstadtpalast. "Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush were Germany's most important partners," said Kohl, 79, who has been wheelchair-bound since fracturing his hip in February 2008. "There has never been a relationship...
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Francois Mitterand, Angela Merkel, Berlin, Germany, United States, and God
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Reuters | October 31, 2009
Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl mark Berlin Wall's fall
...85. The three former leaders clearly enjoyed each other's company at their first reunion in many years -- even though Kohl was in a wheelchair and had difficulty speaking while Bush relied on the help of a cane to move about. BUSH...
In this article: George W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Berlin, Germany, Thomson Reuters, United States, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | October 31, 2009
Kohl, Bush, Gorbachev remember Cold War in Berlin
...wheelchair-bound since fracturing his hip in February 2008. "There has never been a relationship that reached the level of my relations with these two gentlemen," he said. The "chancellor of reunification," who speaks with difficulty...
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Berlin, Margaret Thatcher, Francois Mitterand, Angela Merkel, Germany, United States, and God
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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born 3 April 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany between 1982 and 1990 and of a reunited Germany between 1990 and 1998) and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. His 16-year tenure was the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck and oversaw the end of the Cold War that led to the de jure end of World War II for Germany on the whole, resulting in the German reunification. Kohl is widely regarded as one of the main architects of the German reunification and, together with French President François Mitterrand, the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union.
Kohl and François Mitterrand were the joint recipients of the Karlspreis in 1988. In 1998, Kohl was named Honorary Citizen of Europe by the European heads of state or government for his extraordinary work for European integration and cooperation, an honour previously only bestowed on Jean Monnet. In 1996 he won the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation
Kohl has been described as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" by U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
- Birth Date:
- April 03, 1930
- Birthplace:
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Palatinate, Germany
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Spouse:
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- Maike Richter (since 2008)
- Hannelore Kohl (died 2001)
- University Attended:
- University of Heidelberg
- Occupation:
- Historian, Political scientist, Politician
- Political party:
- CDU
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