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He held the ceremonial position of the German president after a race oriented to finance. Shortly after his moment, he the first German president in 4 decades to resign.

By Lynsey Fall

Horst Köhler, who has become president of Germany after being a monetary engineer, the country’s reunification and the creation of euro currency, died on Saturday in Berlin. He was 81 years old.

The German president’s office, on behalf of the Köhler family, showed death, saying that he arrived here after a brief illness.

Although the general director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Köhler, little known in Germany, before adapting to the president of the country, a ceremonial role of giant components in 2004. However, he gained popularity after placing a giant component of a giant component of a giant component of his six years. in the publication along Foreign Minister Angela Merkel.

Mr. Köhler defended the transformation of Germany into a “land of ideas” that would shape his own long career and act as an intelligent force in the global scene. He asked for bold internal economic reforms and a safer position for Germany on a foreign scale. In his acceptance speech, in May 2004, he said: “Germany had to fight for its position in the 21st century. “

But his assertive statements, since they wonder if the popular unequal of living in the ancient Eastern and Western Germans can be the same, has damaged the taboos in the German status quo and collect at a price.

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