2 days ago · Horst Köhler, who became Germany’s president after being a financial engineer behind the reunification of Germany and the creation several decades later of the euro currency, died on Saturday ...

1 day ago · Köhler also paid attention to relations with eastern neighbor Poland, making it the first foreign destination of both of his two terms and saying he would like the country to become as important a partner for Germany as France. Köhler, the son of ethnic German farmers from Romania, was born on Feb. 22, 1943, in Skierbieszow, in Nazi-occupied ...

Horst Köhler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈkøːlɐ] ⓘ; 22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010.

1 day ago · Berlin (dpa) – Germany has reacted with great sadness to the death of former Federal President Horst Köhler. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute to Köhler’s “lifelong commitment to a fairer world”. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called him “a blessing for our country”. Köhler passed away at the age of 81.

1 day ago · BERLIN — Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about ...

1 day ago · Horst Köhler, former German president and IMF chief, dies at 81 Mr. Köhler led the International Monetary Fund before serving as Germany’s president from 2004 to 2010. February 1, 2025 at 2:45 ...

1 day ago · Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in Africa, died on Saturday after a short illness at the age of 81, the ...

2 days ago · BERLIN — Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died. He was 81. Köhler, who was head of state from 2004 to 2010, died ...

1 day ago · Horst Koehler, former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before becoming Germany’s president in 2004, died on Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness.. Mr Koehler, who was head of ...

May 31, 2010 · On 4 July 2004, Horst Köhler is sworn in as the ninth President of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the domestic arena, the Federal President is concerned above all with preserving and creating new sustainable jobs.