In a letter of condolence to Kohler’s wife, Eva Louise, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote: “Many people in our country will mourn with you. For in Horst Kohler we have lost a highly ...

Horst Kohler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who became a popular German president, has died aged 81. Kohler, who was head of state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday ...

Notably, from July 2004 to May 2010, Horst Kohler was the ninth Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany. In his inaugural speech, he advocated an understanding of Germany as a "land ...

Horst Kohler, a former 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 ...