Helmut Kohl
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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany and governed the Federal Republic from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to
Kohl in 1996
Kohl as the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate state party chairman
Kohl in 1969
Kohl at the CDU national party convention in Hamburg, 1973
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany, active in only 15 of 16 states, as its "sister party" Christian Social Union in Bavaria
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "We cannot do magic — but we can work/do our job. Help us. Vote for CDU. Germany is at stake!"
1949 election poster of the CDU reading "The Rescue: CDU"
Poster for the 1957 West German federal election reading "No experiments" and featuring then Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. This was the only federal election in which the CDU obtained an absolute majority in the Bundestag.
East German CDU leader Lothar de Maizière (left) with West German CDU leader Helmut Kohl in September 1990