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Helmut Kohl

1930 - 2017

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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl] ; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany and governed the Federal Republic from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl’s 16-year tenure is the longest in German post-war history, and is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany. Born in Ludwigshafen to a Catholic family, Kohl joined the CDU in 1946 at the age of 16. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmut Kohl is the 339th most popular politician (down from 307th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Germany (up from 84th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Politician.

Helmut Kohl was a German politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990 and as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998. He is best known for his reunification of Germany in 1990.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Helmut Kohl ranks 339 out of 19,576. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Mehmed VI, Oliver Cromwell, Philip II of France, and Cleisthenes. After him are Georgy Zhukov, Philip IV of Spain, Ariel Sharon, Probus, Martin Bormann, and Odoacer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Helmut Kohl ranks 10. Before him are Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, and Gene Hackman. After him are Anton LaVey, Jacques Derrida, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Steve McQueen, and Mobutu Sese Seko. Among people deceased in 2017, Helmut Kohl ranks 1. After him are Charles Manson, Michael I of Romania, Gene Cernan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, Roger Moore, Bill Paxton, Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, and Jalal Talabani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 79 out of 7,253. Before him are Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Richard Strauss (1864), and Theodor Mommsen (1817). After him are Emil Fischer (1852), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Martin Bormann (1900), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), and Clara Zetkin (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Helmut Kohl ranks 18. Before him are Christian IX of Denmark (1818), William I, German Emperor (1797), Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361). After him are Martin Bormann (1900), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), and Charles the Bald (823).

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