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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,…
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politics · President of Germany from 2004 to 2010 · politician · economist · honorary professor · also Horst Köhler, Köhler
Born 22 February 1943 · Died 1 February 2025 · Q2542
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 6 entries
Yahoo: Horst Köhler, IMF head later hounded out of the German presidency for ‘gunboat diplomacy’
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Altoona Mirror: Horst Kohler, former German president, dies at 81
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The Washington Post: Horst Köhler, former German president and IMF chief, dies at 81
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Yahoo: Former German president Horst Köhler dead at 81
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Died 2025-02-01.
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KSAT: Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81
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2020· 1 entry
Published “The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)” in Radiocarbon — cited 6,979 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer” in Nature Communications — cited 7,818 times.
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2017· 4 entries
Won: Germany (2017).
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Awarded Global Economy Prize (2017).
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UPI: Topic: Horst Kohler
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Köhler was appointed by Secretary-General António Guterres as his new special envoy for Western Sahara, in charge of restarting talks between Morocco and the Polisario independence movement over the disputed territory
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2016· 2 entries
Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
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Köhler co-chaired, together with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a Special Panel of the African Development Bank (AfDB)
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2015· 1 entry
Won: Germany (2015).
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2014· 2 entries
Won: Germany (2014).
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Awarded Adam Smith Prize (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Karl-Preusker-Medaille (2011).
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Published “The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society — cited 20,723 times.
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2007).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004).
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Career landmark: president of Germany (2004–2010).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Köhler recommended naming Timothy Geithner to replace Stanley Fischer as deputy managing director; instead, the US government under President George W
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (2000–2004).
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1998–2000).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1992).
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1989· 1 entry
Became Director General for currency and credit
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1981· 1 entry
Was employed in the Staatskanzlei des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (chancellery of the state government of Schleswig-Holstein) under Minister-president Gerhard Stoltenberg
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1976· 1 entry
When he was employed in the Federal Ministry of Economics
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1975· 1 entry
Published “Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity” in Nature — cited 13,449 times.
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1969· 1 entry
Köhler married Eva Köhler (née Bohnet), a teacher
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1953· 1 entry
Left the Soviet Zone – via West Berlin – to escape from the communist regime
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1944· 1 entry
The Köhler family fled to Leipzig
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-02-22.
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1942· 1 entry
At Skierbieszów, a village near Zamość, Poland (which at that time was part of the General Government)
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1940· 1 entry
During the Nazi-Soviet population transfers that followed the invasion of Poland and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, which awarded Bessarabia to the Soviet Union
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