Sep 13, 1991 | University of California Berkeley

Helmut Kohl

Speaker Helmut Kohl
Date Sep 13, 1991
End Date Sep 13, 1991
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HELMUT KOHL studied law, social and political science, and history at the Universities of Frankfurt and Heidelberg, and received a Ph.D. degree in 1958. He joined the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) in 1947, was later Chairman of the CDU, Rhineland-Palatinate, for six years, and in 1964 became a member of the CDU national executive. He served as Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1969 to 1976, then as Leader of the Opposition in the German Bundestag from 1976 to 1982. Since 1982 he has been Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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