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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country ... The EU economy is already facing challenges in the form of U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade ...

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier led tributes to Koehler, saying that Germany had "lost a highly ... put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who went on to become chancellor.