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GermanPresidentKoehler

BornonFebruary22,1943inSkelbeszowduringtheGerman-occupiedPolandperiod,herankedseventhamongtheeightsiblings.InJanuary1945,hereturnedtoGermanywithhisfamilytoescapetheSovietRedArmy,stayinginLeipzigfirst,andfledtoWestGermanyviaWestBerlinin1953.In1965,heenteredtheUniversityofTübingentostudyeconomicsandpoliticalscience,andreceivedadoctorateineconomicsin1977.HewasthePresidentoftheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopmentandthePresidentandChairmanoftheExecutiveBoardoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.

Atthebeginningof2004,KoehlergaveuphispostaspresidentoftheInternationalMonetaryFundandannouncedhiswillingnesstorunfortheFederalPresidentonbehalfoftheCoalitionParty.AttheFederalAssemblyheldonMay23ofthesameyear,Koehlervotedinthethirdroundofvoting.,DefeatedthefemalecandidateoftheSocialDemocraticPartyandpoliticalscholarGesinaSchwanwithanarrowvoteandbecamethe9thFederalPresidentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany.

Asthevacantheadofstate,thePresidentofGermanyneedstotranscendpartyaffiliation,focusontheoverallsituation,representthedignityofthecountryinetiquette,careforthepeople’slivelihoodmorally,anddisagreeaboutopinionsorinterestsinpoliticallife.Byexercisingthenecessaryandprudentpowerofarbitration,Koehlerfaithfullyperformedhisdutiesaspresident.

In2007,KoehlerpubliclycriticizedthehighsalariesofGermancorporateexecutives.Inthesummerandautumnof2008,theglobalfinancialcrisisbrokeoutandspread.Asawell-knownexpertandformerexpertinthefinancialfieldAseniormanager,Koehlerhasrepeatedlycriticizedtheinternationalfinancialgiantsforbeingtooprofitable,andthefinancialindustry'sregulatorysystemistoolaxandlaissez-faire.

OnMay23,2009,inthefirstroundofvotingatthe13thFederalAssembly,Koehleronceagaindefeatedthesamechallenger,Ms.Schwan,andwasre-electedasFederalPresident.

Personalexperience

KoehlerwasbornonFebruary22,1943,andreceivedamaster'sdegreeineconomicsandadoctorateinpoliticalsciencefromtheUniversityofTübingeninGermany.KoehlerservedasStateSecretaryoftheFederalMinistryofFinancein1990andChairmanoftheAssociationofGermanSavingsBanksin1993.In1998,KoehlerservedasPresidentoftheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment.InMarch2000,heservedastheeighthPresidentandChairmanoftheExecutiveBoardoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.InJuly2004,Koehlerbecametheninthpost-warGermanpresidentandwasre-electedin2009.

KoehlerattachesgreatimportancetorelationswithChina.DuringhistenureasthePresidentoftheInternationalMonetaryFund,hevisitedChina4timesin2000,2001,2002and2003.Afterassumingoffice,KoehlerpaidastatevisittomycountryinMay2007andcametoChinainSeptember2008toattendtheopeningceremonyoftheBeijingParalympicGames.

Koehlerismarried,hiswifeEvaLouiseKoehlerisateacher,theyhaveasonandadaughter.

AttheinvitationofPresidentHuJintao,HorstKoehler,PresidentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany,willpayastatevisittoChinafromMay17to21.

Koehler’sresume

InJanuary1945,hereturnedtoGermanywithhisfamilytoescapetheSovietRedArmy,stayinginLeipzigfirst

EscapetothewestviaWestBerlinin1953Germany,settledinLudwigsburg

EnteredtheUniversityofTübingenin1965tostudyeconomicsandpoliticalscience

AppliedinTübingeninsouthwestGermanyin1968TheEconomicResearchInstituteservedasthedrafterofthereport.

LeavingtheInstitutein1976andenteringtheGermanMinistryofEconomicAffairs

GotaPhDinEconomicsin1977

JoinedNorthernGermanyin1981TheadministrativeteamoftheChancelloroftheSchleswig-Holsteinstategovernment

InOctober1982,whenKohlwastheGermanFederalChancellor,heservedastheDirectoroftheOfficeoftheMinisterofFinanceintheMinistryofFinance

1990From1993to1993,heservedasDeputyMinisterofFinanceofGermany.

From1993to1998,heservedasthechairmanoftheAssociationofGermanSavingsBanks.

InSeptember1998,hewasappointedPresidentoftheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment.

InMay2000,hewasappointedPresidentandChairmanoftheExecutiveBoardoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.

OnMarch4,2004,hewasnominatedasacandidatefortheFederalPresidentofGermanyandresignedfromthepostofPresidentoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.

InMay2004,hewaselectedasthepost-warFederalRepublicofGermanyTheninthfederalpresidenttookofficeonJuly1.

OnMay31,2010,hewascriticizedforremarksabouttheoverseasmilitarypolicyandresignedaspresident.

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