Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (born 1943)

Horst Köhler

Horst Köhler was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties and also candidate of the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Convention on 23 May 2004 and was subsequently inaugurated on 1 July 2004. He was reelected to a second term on 23 May 2009. Just a year later, on 31 May 2010, he resigned from his office in a controversy over a comment on the role of the German Armed Forces in light of a visit to the troops in Afghanistan.

Born

1943

February 22

Died

2025

Era

1940s

Country

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Horst, in brief

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1943 Born
2025 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

896 Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.
1076 Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1288 The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV.
1316 The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.

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The world in 1943

When Horst arrived

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Bill Frist 1952– American physician and politician Constance Stokes 1906–1991 Australian painter (died 1991) Frank P. Ramsey 1903–1930 English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930) Jeanette Biedermann 1980– German singer-songwriter and actress Kyle MacLachlan 1959– American actor Rodolfo Pio da Carpi 1500–1564 Italian cardinal (died 1564) Shawn Graham 1968– Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick

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Also born in 1943

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