Horst Köhler, who became president of Germany after being a financial engineer behind the reunification of the country and the creation of the euro currency, died on Saturday in Berlin. He was 81.

State secretary, International Monetary Fund head, President of Germany: Horst Köhler's career reads like something out of a novel. Nevertheless, in the spring of 2010, he dominated the headlines ...

Former President of Germany Horst Koehler looks on ahead of the state commemoration ceremony in memory of the former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who died on December 26, 2023, at ...

Köhler was elected before Merkel came to power, at a time when Germany was struggling to come to terms with labor market reforms and welfare state cuts. He said Germans must not rest on past ...

Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.