helmut kohl

     

This German chancellor led West Germany before unification in 1990

Trivia about helmut kohl

  • Not a current senator from Wisconsin, but the chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990
  • When East & West Germany unified in 1990, this West German continued to serve as chancellor of the entire country
  • In 1990 he donned the hat of first chancellor of a reunified Germany
  • In 1987 this German chancellor said, "I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way"
  • Germany's longest-serving Chancellor of the 20th Century, he resigned as Honorary Party Chairman in 2000
  • Wearing the hat of Chancellor for over 15 years, he was Germany's longest-serving leader since Bismarck
  • In 1982 he began a 16-year run as Chancellor of West Germany