Helmut Kohl

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (Ludwigshafen am Rhein 3 April 1930) is German politician.

He is former the LEADER of CDU. He was of 1982 to 1998 association chancellor of Germany; to 1991 only of former West-Duitsland, the Germany united as from 1991 of.

Its woman Hannelore suffering lichtallergie and committed on 5 July 2001 suicide.

Kohl the longest sitting (16 years) association chancellor has been after the second world war. Its large merit for the world and Europe is the association between BRD (West-Duitsland) and DDR (Oost-Duitsland) to current Germany after fall of the wall. By personal contacts with among others president Mitterrand of France and president Gorbatsjov of Russia Kohl could make Germany to factor of meaning in the wereldpolitiek. Its political vision on transatlantic relations it was stipulated allegiance to (United States) and NATO. As a result, he could bring back Germany in the file of the nations.

Kohls political inheritance are damaged seriously at the end of its long government period by the large-scale party financing scandal of 1999 then it was confessed that the CDU contribute illegal under Kohl's leadership had received. Research by association day towards the sources of mainly Geneefse accounts stabled contributions revealed two sources: sales of German tanks to Saudi Arabia and privatisation fraud at an agreement with French president François Mitterrand, that 2,550 unused allotments (= shares) for the French staatsfirma Eleven Aquitaine wished. In December 1994 Cdu-meerderheid in the Bundestag ensured a law which took away the rights of the original owners. Than 300 millions dm (Deutschmark more = German marks, approximately 150 millions euro) to illegal money were discovered on accounts in the canton Genève. By fraud obtained allotments were privatised and recovered correct TotalFinaElf.

In 2003 it was confessed that televisiemagnaatl Leo Kirch 600,000 Deutschmark to Kohl had paid for advisory contract (= recommendation contract). A delicate matter, since leo is due Kirch commercial televisierijk especially has to the reforms in the years eighty of which Kohl were large a proponent.

In spite of these scandals Kohl can be considered nevertheless as important European a politician who large meaning has to be had for Germany (reunification), Europe (progress fore-part EEC, EC and EU) and the world (friendship with the USAS and loyally ally in the NATO). Kohl have been laurelled with a lot of eredoctoraten.