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Horst Kohler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who became a popular German President, died at the age of 81.
Kohaler, who was the head of the state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday morning after a minor illness in Berlin, who was surrounded by his family, in a statement by the office of the current German President Frank-Walter Steinmier.
Before winning the presidency, he was less for a stranger for most Germans and front-line politics. His nomination was congratulated by Mass-Relations Daily Build with Headline: “Horst Hu?”
However, he once created a high popularity rating in the job, something that he achieved himself as an outsider for the country’s political elite.
Kohaler sometimes refused to sign the bill in the law due to constitutional concerns and always made himself popular with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government, which he was for the post of President – a large -scale formal job, But is often seen as a source of moral rights.
He was elected before Merkel came to power, at a time when Germany was struggling to come up with the labor market reforms and cuts in the welfare state.
He said that the Germans should not rest on the previous achievements, and said that he was “deeply convinced that there is strength for changes in Germany”.
In July 2005, Kohaler agreed to dissolve the Parliament and to struggle to the then Chancellor Gerhard Shrodeer in an unusual initial election.
He announced that Germany faced “huge challenges” and “our future and our children’s future is at stake”.
Merkel won power, but after talking about intense reforms, almost a big pole lead, closed voters.
Kohaler also spoke less about economic change in later years and was strongly important to financial markets during banking and economic crisis – he was described as a “demon” that was not yet.
Between criticism that he had to say very little after winning a second term, Kohlar dramatically resigned in a sudden fashion. He cited criticism on a radio interview, which he gave after a visit to German soldiers in Afghanistan.
In that broadcast, he said that for the country with German dependence on exports, military deployment may be “necessary … to protect our interests, for example free trade routes”.
It was taken by several people related to the indelippable mission of Germany in Afghanistan, although Kohler’s office later stated that he was referring to piracy patrolling away from the coast of Somalia.
Many were surprised whether sometimes the real reason for the resignation of a thin-thin Kohaler, critics estimated that he was simply fed up with a lack of support from Merkel-for which his resignation was an embarrassment.
In Foreign Policy, Kohler won praise for trying to pay attention to the needs of Africa. He became the second German President to address the Parliament of Israel, told the Cassett: “I bow my head in shame and humility before Holocaust’s victims.”
He also paid attention to the relationship with East neighboring Poland, making it the first foreign destination of both his two conditions and said that he would like to become an important partner for Germany as the country as France.
In a letter of condolences with Eva Lewis, the wife of Kohaler, President Frank-Walter Steinmier wrote: “Many people of our country will mourn you. We have lost a highly respected and highly popular person for Hurst Kohlar, who has achieved great things for our country and the world. ,
Kohaler is alive by his wife, daughter Ulrik and son Jochen.
Press Association – Gyer Maulson
