Helmut Kohl

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Helmut Kohl was a long-serving German chancellor best known for overseeing German reunification and shaping the early course of the European Union.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chancellor of Germany
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
human
member of the Bundestag
politician
awardReceived Charlemagne Prize
Honorary Citizen of Europe
Presidential Medal of Freedom
causeOfDeath surgical complications
child Peter Kohl
Walter Kohl
countryOfCitizenship Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
dateOfBirth 1930-04-03
dateOfDeath 2017-06-16
describedBySource German reunification
history of the European Union
educatedAt Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
endTime 1976-12-02
1998
1998-10-27
familyName Kohl
fieldOfStudy history
political science
givenName Helmut
ideology Christian democracy
conservatism
languageSpoken German
memberOf Christian Democratic Union of Germany
movement European integration
name Helmut Kohl
notableAchievement Maastricht Treaty negotiations
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
notableWork oversight of German reunification
promotion of European integration
occupation politician
office Chancellor of Germany
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
placeOfBirth Germany
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Rhineland-Palatinate
placeOfDeath Germany
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Rhineland-Palatinate
politicalParty Christian Democratic Union of Germany
positionHeld Chancellor of Germany
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
member of the Bundestag
member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Oggersheim
sexOrGender male
spouse Hannelore Kohl
Maike Kohl-Richter
startTime 1969-05-19
1973
1982-10-01


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