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

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

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

Merkel won power, but nearly blew a huge poll ... He became the second German president to address Israel’s parliament, telling the Knesset: “I bow my head in shame and humility before the ...

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

German President Horst Koehler, right, hands over the credentials to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president's residence Bellevue Castle in Berlin ...