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.

Feb 1, 2025 · 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.

Feb 1, 2025 · 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.

Feb 1, 2025 · 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.

Feb 2, 2025 · 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”.

Feb 1, 2025 · Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

Feb 1, 2025 · 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 ...

Feb 1, 2025 · 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 ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Former German President Horst Köhler died in Berlin Saturday morning after a short illness, the office of current German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement.

May 31, 2010 · Horst Köhler, born in 1943 in Skierbieszów, Poland, as the seventh of eight children, ended up in Ludwigsburg after his family fled the advancing Soviet troops. He studied economic science in Tübingen and gained a doctorate.