Horst Koehler
Horst Koehler
Horst Köhler; born 22 February 1943) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, and served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Assembly on 23 May 2004 and was subsequently inaugurated on 1 July 2004. He was reelected to a second term on 23 May 2009. Just...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth22 February 1943
CountryGermany
I have not come to the fund to turn it upside down, ... But...there is a further need for change, and even accelerated change.
convinced that Germany was committed to seeing through its modernizing policies, and that the friendship between Germany and France remained the indispensable motor of European construction.
Twenty-five years ago, the world looked to the Gdansk Shipyard where Poles struggled for their rights and freedoms,
Did eastern Germany not need roads, roofs and factories more than an expensive church? But a group of residents said Dresden needed more. And now we can see that those people were right.
This is for me a remarkable step forward to bring order in this development and also to have the Iraqi people themselves involved to define an economic strategy for recovery and development,
I am listening to everybody, in the sense that I feel myself in charge of an organization that has 182 members,
Poles freed not just themselves, they launched a process which radiates until today, ... The fact that Poland threw off the yoke of communism led to the unification of Europe and a united Germany.
Shared values and common interests - much more can be built on these than on gratitude alone.
Solidarity became the symbol of this fight and a worldwide symbol of freedom,
I trust that the leaders of the poor countries themselves fully recognize the importance of sound policies and good governance, ... A real breakthrough in poverty will be possible only if private saving and investment take firm roots in these countries and if a much larger part of the savings generated in the world becomes available to them.
The reform concept was today deepened and accelerated,
We are coming to the realization that some parts of our nation will always be more disadvantaged than other regions,
This World Youth Day shows that Catholics are not a minority but come from all around the world,
The fact that other people are worse off than us is certainly cold comfort for those in Germany who have to count every cent.