Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

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

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

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

Horst Koehler, former German president from 2004 to 2010 and a respected global policymaker with a particular interest in ...

(Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File) German President Horst Koehler, right, hands over the credentials to re-elected ...

Merkel won power, but nearly blew a huge poll ... He became the second German president to address Israel's parliament, telling the Knesset: "I bow my head in shame and humility before the victims ...