Horst Köhler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈkøːlɐ] ⓘ; 22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010.

5 days ago · Horst Köhler was born on Feb. 22, 1943, in Skierbieszow, Poland, the seventh of eight children. During World War II, his family fled Soviet troops, settling in a town near Leipzig, Germany.

4 days ago · Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country’s military, has died.

5 days ago · In tiefer Trauer gibt das Büro des Bundespräsidenten a.D. Horst Köhler im Auftrag der Familie Köhler bekannt, dass Bundespräsident a.D. Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler am frühen Morgen des heutigen Tages im Alter von 81 Jahren nach kurzer, schwerer Krankheit im Kreise seiner Familie in Berlin verstorben ist.

4 days ago · Berlin (dpa) – Germany has reacted with great sadness to the death of former Federal President Horst Köhler. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute to Köhler’s “lifelong commitment to a fairer world”. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called him “a blessing for our country”. Köhler passed away at the age of 81.

4 days ago · Der frühere Bundespräsident Horst Köhler ist tot. Er starb am frühen Samstagmorgen im Alter von 81 Jahren nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit, wie das Bundespräsidialamt in Berlin mitteilte.

4 days ago · BERLIN — Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about ...

4 days ago · Horst Köhler was born in Skierbieszow, in Nazi-occupied Poland, on Feb. 22, 1943. His family fled to Germany after the war — first to Leipzig in what became communist East Germany, then to West ...

4 days ago · Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in Africa, died on Saturday after a short illness at the age of 81, the ...

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of Africa, died Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness. Koehler, head of ...