Former President of Germany, Horst Kohaler.
Berlin: International Monetary Fund i.e. former Chief of IMF and former President of Germany, Horst Kohaler, passed away. He was 81 years old. The office of the current German President Frank-Walter Stanmeer said in a statement that after being ill for a short time, Kohler breathed his last in Berlin on Saturday morning and his family was with him at that time. Kohaler was the President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. He was elected President before Angila Merkel came to power. At that time Germany was struggling to coordinate with labor market reforms and welfare state cuts.
Resignation was given after criticism of interview
Kohaler had said that the Germans should not be satisfied with the previous achievements. He said that he ‘fully believes that Germany has the power of change’. Kohaler suddenly resigned a dramatic manner from the presidency on 31 May 2010. He cited the criticism of one of his interviews given to Radio in this regard. He gave this interview in connection with the visit of German soldiers in Afghanistan. Many people considered it to be related to Germany’s unpopular mission in Afghanistan.
Nazi -occupied Poland was born
Kohaler was born on 22 February 1943 in a German farmer family in Skirabesjo, Nazi -occupied Poland. His family moved to Germany after the Second World War. His family first stayed in Leapjig, East Germany and then came to West Germany in 1954. Before becoming President, Kohlar had a long record as a good officer. Since the early 1980s, Kohaler worked for more than a decade in the Finance Ministry under Chancellor Helmut Coal. Cole once called him a ‘treasure’ and trusted him in economic diplomacy.
Important role in the integration of Germany
Kohaler helped draft a legal framework for Europe’s single currency euro and played an important role in negotiating for the integration of Germany in 1990. He also later worked as the Chairman of the European Reconstruction and Development Bank. Kohaler emerged as the choice of most people to lead the IMF in 2000. American Finance Minister John Snow later praised Kohlar’s tenure, saying “he changed the institution in terms of transparency and worked to develop better crisis redressal equipment and more effective crisis management.”
The President said this in his condolence message
4 years later, the then Leader of the Opposition in Germany brought Kohaler to Germany as the presidential candidate and ensured his election. In a condolence message sent to Kohalar’s wife Eva Lewis, German President Stanmeyer said, ‘Many people of our country are involved in mourning with you. We have lost a very respected and highly popular person as Horst Kohlar.
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