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Chancellor of Germany from to

For the Austrian football referee, see Helmut Kohl (referee).

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German:[ˈhɛlmuːtˈkoːl]^ⓘ; 3 April – 16 June ) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from to and, prior to German reunification, as the chancellor of West Germany from to He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from to and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union (EU).

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Kohl’s year tenure is the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and is the longest for any democratically elected chancellor of Germany.

Born in Ludwigshafen to a Catholic family, Kohl joined the CDU in at the age of He earned a PhD in history at Heidelberg University in and worked as a business executive before becoming a full-time politician.

He was elected as the youngest member of the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in and from to was minister president o Helmut Kohl - Wikipedia, entziklopedia askea. GAPUR