He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

A respected global policymaker with a particular interest in Africa, Köhler also helmed the International Monetary Fund for ...

Angela Merkel has praised Horst Koehler for his ... Horst Koehler was the head of the IMF before becoming Germany’s president in 2004 Credit: Getty Images North America But in May the following ...

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an ...

Nigeria has condoled with the people and government of Germany over the death of their ... popular with the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose choice he was for the presidency ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

A crisis-ridden, politically unstable Germany is coping with a brash and unpredictable Trump presidency. Germans look set to alter course and push for more independence after snap elections on Feb. 23 ...

Koehler, an economist by training, was the first German president ... became Germany's head of state, a mostly ceremonial role, after being put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel ...

The “refugee crisis” of 2015 and Merkel’s decision to open Germany ... president who played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power by nominating Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933. Even ...

As president, he was not afraid to defy the government, dissolving parliament in 2005 to call new elections and accusing then-Chancellor Angela Merkel in ... to be one of Germany's most popular ...