Kohl, Helmut

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1930

Beruf
German politician

Überblick

	1947 enters the CDU
	1950-1958 studies history
	1955 enters the Landesvorstand (Board of Directors) of the CDU in Rheinland-Pfalz
	1959-1976 member of the Rheinland-Pfalz Landtag (Parliament)
	1960-1966 City Council of Ludwigshafen
	member of the Federal Board of Directors of the CDU since 1964
	1966-1974 Chairman of the CDU in Rheinland-Pfalz
	1976-1976 Prime Minister
	Chairman of the CDU since 1973
	defeated as candidate for chancellor by Helmut Schmidt in the Bundestag elections 1976
	October 1, 1982 elected Federal Chancellor due to vote of no-confidence against Helmut Schmidt; reelected in Federal elections in1983, 1987, 1990, and 1994
	defeated in the Bundestag election in September 1998 against Gerhard Schröder (SPD)