Helmut Kohl
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Familiar notes
Been born to Ludwigshafen in Germany, from a catholic and conservative family, Kohl fought hardly adolescent in last part of . E' be married with Hannelore Renner, conusciuta when it had 15 years hardly, and from their wedding it has had two sons. 5 July Hannelore was found died in its house to Ludwigshafen. One thinks that the woman has removed the life after to probably have ingested an excessive dose of sleeping pills, because of the intolerance to its the painful and rarest allergy to the light that prevented them to exit to the sun.
Political career
Kohl entered in the CDU in . In thesis from the topic achieved the doctorate in History with one: The political development in the Palatinato and reviving of you leave yourself after 1945. From to it was Ministerpräsident of of , becoming later on member of the federal Parliament like leader of the opposition Christian-democratic against the government then resisted from (SPD). He was the candidate of the CDU to the cancellierato one in the federal elections of 1976, gained from the SPD.
1 October Kohl succeeded to like Chancellor after that this last one came torpedoed from a distrust ballot. In the first days of its government, Kohl had to face the hard opposition of the left German: its adversaries often referred to he with the scornful nickname of "Birne" (German term for ' pera', since in the caricature the head of the chancellor was represented exactly with one pear). Initially Kohl exactly gave to an impression of weakness and goffaggine, but much time before that this impression came exceeded thanks to its bravura and right to exercice civil rights.
Kohl stops the record of the most long-lasting Chancellor of the made Germany exception for (that it governed for 19 years), and it it is succeduto after one crushing Victoria of the SPD in the elections of that year.
The German re-unification
Main happening the political one of Kohl - ricosciutogli from estimative and opposing - has been the sure and decided way with which it has guided the process of re-unification of the Germany begun with the fall of 9 November and formally conclusosi 3 October .
Like before stage of the re-unification, Kohl following the principles of one oed in visit of state from the leader of East Germany in 1987, the first encounter between the heads of state of the two germanie from the end of the world war. When in the east Germany persuaded Kohl was turned upside down, the government to accept the idea of one Germany riunificata under the alliance of .
Kohl had the courage to believe in the possibility to reinforce the weak person economic apparatus of the Germany orients introducing them above all to you the rules of the free market and thanks to a strong contribution of understood them and investments. Although at the moment of its electoral defeat it seemed that its plan was failed (the east still remained a lot behind regarding the west), to Kohl remains the merit to have intuito the essenzialità of the re-unification like necessary step for integration inEuropean union.
The scandal of the deep ones to the party
To dispetto of its successes, the political inheritance of Kohl has been seriously damaged from one regarding scandal the financing of its party, scandal begun in when it came uncovered that the CDU received deep illegal under its leadership. Surveyings of the German Parliament on the origin of deep the illegal ones of the CDU - the greater part of which deposits to you in bancari accounts to - two sources revealed: sales of tanks to, and one maxi-tangent from 40 million euro paid from then the government of for the purchase of an oil company of the east Germany from part of the government-controlled company them Elf Aquitaine, of which 15 million they would have been dirattamente pours you to the CDU like aid for the electoral campaign of Kohl of . Beyond 300 million in deep illegal they were discoveries in I placed to you in the cantone of Geneva.
Same Kohl asserted that the Elf Aquitaine had offered a massive investment in the chemical industry of the east Germany with with the absorption of 2000 German oil stations that formally were possessed from the oil company national Minol. The Elf Aquitaine is accused to have illegally financed the CDU on order of Mitterand.
In it has been rendered famous that Helmut Kohl was paid 300.000 euro from Leo Kirck, owner of a private television channel, for an advisory contract. The issue was much delicate, considering the fact that Leo Kirck constructed to its private television empire thanks to the reforms promoted from Helmut Kohl in years ' 80.
External connections
- The Catholic University of Milan confers to Helmut Kohl the bachelor honoris caus in political Sciences
- The other Kohl: the illicit financings to the CDU
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