Helmut Kohl Quotes

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German statesman and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany, 1982–1990; and of reunified Germany, 1990–1998) and as chairman of the CDU from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest of any German Chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and oversaw the end of the Cold War, the German reunification and the creation of the European Union.

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Native Name: Helmut Josef Michael Kohl

Alternative Names: Kohl • Dr. Helmut Kohl

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Translation: The young people of Germany have no problem with Judaism. I too, with my two sons sometimes walk across the Jewish cemetery in Oggersheim.

Die Visionäre von gestern sind die Realisten von heute.

Translation: This is the worst president since Hermann Göring.

Erträge und Kosten müssen im richtigen Verhältnis zueinander stehen.