Helmut Kohl. Photo: DPAFormer German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, a colossus of contemporary European history who was celebrated as the father of German reunification and an architect of European integration, died on Friday at the age of 87. Germany's longest serving post-war leader died in his house in Ludwigshafen, in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Kohl was the longest serving German Chancellor since Otto von Bismarck, and the longest serving of any democratically elected German leader. Herewith the statement by President @GeorgeHWBush on the passing of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Source: The Local June 16, 2017 15:31 UTC