Kohl, Helmut (1930 - )

Helmut Kohl (walking) (Photo: European Commission)
German Chancellor from 1982 to 98. He led Germany during its reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Kohl promoted the Treaty of Maastricht, in close co-operation with the French President Mitterand, in 1991.

Notes

· In 1998 an EU summit in Vienna made Kohl the “European citizen of honour”.
· The only other recipient of that honour was Jean Monnet in 1974.

Links

http://www.helmut-kohl.de/
http://www.bundeskanzler.de/Dr.-Helmut-Kohl-.7981.htm