If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Horst Kohler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who became a popular German president, has died aged 81. Kohler, who was head of state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday morning ...

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 ...

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an outsider to the ...

He occasionally refused to sign bills into law due to constitutional concerns and didn't always make himself popular with the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose choice he was for the ...

BERLIN — (AP) — 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 ...