If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

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

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

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 ...

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

hands over the credentials to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president’s residence ...

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

Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in ...

Merkel, then Germany's opposition leader ... In a letter of condolence to Köhler’s wife, Eva Louise, President Steinmeier wrote Saturday that “many people in our country will mourn with ...

BERLIN — Horst Köhler, a onetime 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 ...