Friedrich Merz, the conservative politician leading the race to be Germany's next chancellor, broke a taboo by getting a ...

Extremely popular’ head of state and IMF boss was ‘virtually unknown’ before achieving ‘great things’ for Germany, says current president ...

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

Former German President Horst Koehler, who served as the IMF Managing Director from 2000 to 2004, and as president from 2004 ...

Horst Kohler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who became a popular German president, has died aged 81.