Born: 3 April 1930 · Died: 16 June 2017 · Age at death: 87
How old was Helmut Kohl when he died?
Helmut Kohl died aged 87. He was born on 3 April 1930 and died on 16 June 2017.
German chancellor for 16 years who reunified East and West Germany in 1990 and helped create the euro
Did you know?He was a primary architect of the treaty that led to the creation of the European Union and the Euro.
Quick facts
Date of birth3 April 1930
Date of death16 June 2017
Age at death87
NationalityGerman
BirthplaceFriesenheim, Germany
Occupationpolitician, historian, political scientist
Editor's Take:
Helmut Kohl was the chancellor who reunited Germany. He led West Germany from 1982. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, he moved quickly to seize the moment. Germany was reunited in 1990. He worked with France's François Mitterrand to build the euro. He was chancellor for 16 years, longer than anyone since Bismarck. A party funding scandal later clouded his name.
Key Milestones
1969: Rhineland-Palatinate – minister-president
1982: Chancellor – West Germany
1989: Ten-Point Plan for unity
1990: Reunification – Germany
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and the creation of the European Union (EU).
