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Horst Köhler, 81, Former German President and I.M.F. Leader, Dies (www.nytimes.com)

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Author: Lynsey Chutel
Published on: 01/02/2025 | 00:00:00

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Horst Köhler, Former German President and I.M.F. Leader, Dies at 81 He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the first German president in four decades to resign. How The Times decides who gets an obituary. There is no formula, scoring system or checklist in determining the news value of a life. It was the first time in four decades that a German president had quit the post. From 1993 to 1998, he led the German Savings Bank Association and then headed the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which helped Germany transition to an open market at the end of the Cold War. In 2004 he became Germany’s president despite not having built a career as a party politician.

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