Horst Koehler
Horst Koehler
Horst Köhler; born 22 February 1943) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, and served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Assembly on 23 May 2004 and was subsequently inaugurated on 1 July 2004. He was reelected to a second term on 23 May 2009. Just...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth22 February 1943
CountryGermany
The euro is heavily undervalued, and in my view it is also clear that intervention cannot be a taboo,
We are coming to the realization that some parts of our nation will always be more disadvantaged than other regions,
The reform concept was today deepened and accelerated,
This World Youth Day shows that Catholics are not a minority but come from all around the world,
Twenty-five years ago, the world looked to the Gdansk Shipyard where Poles struggled for their rights and freedoms,
We must express the fact that we respect others but also that we do not accept violence and destruction.
Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.
It is just not enough to strengthen the secret services for the fight against terrorism but it's also necessary to advance dialogue between cultures.
A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.
After a Polish Pope, whose country was first to be invaded by the Germans in World War Two, we now have someone from the generation drafted at the close of the war.
It is particularly moving, and I can say this also as a Protestant Christian, that a German - one of us - has been made Pope,
Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.
I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people.
I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.