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Horst Köhler

1943 - Today

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Horst Köhler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈkøːlɐ] ; born 22 February 1943) is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU (of which he is a member) and the CSU, as well as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horst Köhler has received more than 664,997 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Horst Köhler is the 1,337th most popular politician (up from 1,618th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Poland (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Politician.

Horst Köhler is most famous for being the President of Germany from 2004 to 2010.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Horst Köhler ranks 1,337 out of 15,577Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Injo of Joseon, Emperor Xian of Han, Karolos Papoulias, John V Palaiologos, and Aristide Briand. After him are Ferdinand III of Castile, Frederick I of Denmark, Colin Powell, John Tyler, Anne Neville, and Psamtik I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Horst Köhler ranks 27Before him are Louise Glück, Joseph Stiglitz, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Christopher Walken, Tarja Halonen, and Howard Gardner. After him are Elena Ferrante, Salvatore Adamo, Raffaella Carrà, Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Horst Köhler ranks 80 out of 1,454Before him are Norbert Elias (1897), Walther Nernst (1864), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Pola Negri (1897), Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895), and Anna Jagiellon (1523). After him are Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Carl Menger (1840), Egon Krenz (1937), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Johannes Hevelius (1611), and Krzysztof Penderecki (1933).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Horst Köhler ranks 18Before him are Casimir III the Great (1310), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), and Anna Jagiellon (1523). After him are Egon Krenz (1937), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Marie Walewska (1786), and Kurt Daluege (1897).