Horst Köhler ( German: Horst Köhler ; born February 22, 1943 , Skerbeszow ) is a German statesman and politician. Originally from a family of Bessarabian Germans who in 1940 moved from the Moldavian village of Riscani to the territory of Poland occupied by Germany .
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| Predecessor | Johannes Rau | |||||||||
| Successor | Christian Wolf | |||||||||
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| Predecessor | Michel Camdessus | |||||||||
| Successor | Rodrigo Rato | |||||||||
| Birth | Governor General Poland , Heidenstein Lublin Voivodeship | |||||||||
| Father | Edward Köhler | |||||||||
| Mother | Elizabeth Köhler | |||||||||
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| Children | daughter Ulrike and son Jochen | |||||||||
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| Education | University of Tübingen | |||||||||
| Profession | Economist | |||||||||
| Religion | Lutheran | |||||||||
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Career
In 1965 - 1969, Köhler studied at the University of Tübingen with a degree in Political Economy and Political Science. In 1969 - 1976 he worked there as an assistant at the Institute of Applied Economic Analysis. From 1976 to 1981, Horst Köhler worked at the Federal Ministry of Economics.
In 1982, Köhler joined the Federal Ministry of Finance . In 1990-1993, he served as Chancellor Helmut Kohl as sherpa of the Ministry of State .
From 1993 to 1998, Köhler headed the German Savings Banks Association and for the next 2 years managed the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London .
IMF Director
Köhler served as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from February 14, 2000 to March 4, 2004 . He saw his goal in making the work of the fund more transparent and more adapted to the prevention of crisis phenomena. He strengthened the cooperation of the International Monetary Fund with the World Bank (then headed by James David Wolfensohn ) and initiated large-scale reforms in the IMF.
President of Germany
President of Germany since July 1, 2004. He was elected to this position on April 25, 2004 and re-elected for a second term on May 23, 2009 .
In domestic policy, he set the goal, first of all, of solving the problem of employment, preserving and creating new jobs, improving the education system and finding new approaches to demographic changes in the country. In his opinion, there is a real opportunity to establish links between the past and the future in a society that provides equal opportunities for all.
In foreign policy, he upheld the humanitarian aspects of globalization and actively supported campaigns against poverty and in support of the African continent. [3]
Member of the Christian Democratic Union since 1981 (membership was suspended during his tenure as president).
He resigned on May 31, 2010 . The resignation was caused by controversial statements by the president regarding the admissibility of the use of the Bundeswehr to protect the economic interests of Germany [4] . Christian Wulf became his successor as president of Germany.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 129105163 // Horst Köhler - 2012—2016.
- ↑ filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Startseite
- ↑ Bundespräsident Köhler tritt zurück (German)