Helmut Kohl, architect of German reunification, dies
Helmut Kohl, Germany's longest serving post-war chancellor and architect of German reunification, dies at the age of 87
Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, renowned as the architect of the reunification of Germany, has died at the age of 87, the newspaper Bild has reported.
Germany’s longest serving post-war chancellor from 1982 to 1998, Kohl oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990, and served first as chancellor of the former West and then of a reunited country.
He was also one of the authors of the European single currency, convincing skeptical Germans to give up the Deutsche Mark.
Kohl left active politics in 2002 and had been left frail and wheelchair-bound since suffering a bad fall in 2008.
In a tweet, PN MEP David Casa hailed Kohl as "a great European man, friend and ally for Malta".
A great European man, good friend and ally for #Malta - our thoughts are with Helmut Kohl's family @Europarl_EN pic.twitter.com/AIZPJdcwwa
— David Casa MEP (@DavidCasaMEP) June 16, 2017
