Tears As Former German President And Ex-IMF Head, Horst Koehler, Dies At 81

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By Kolawole Ojebisi

Germany’s former president Horst Koehler, has died on Saturday at the age of 81.

Koehler served as Germany’s Head of State from 2004 to 2010.

According to a statement issued by his family, the former Germany’s Head of State died after a brief illness.

“With the death of Horst Koehler, we have lost a highly esteemed and extremely popular person who achieved great things –- for our country and in the world,” President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a letter to Koehler’s widow.

Koehler, an economist by training, was the first German president who was not a career politician. Before becoming president he was the head of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.

He became German president, a mostly ceremonial role, after being put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who went on to become chancellor.

He was elected for a second term in 2009 but in May the following year resigned after being criticised over remarks about overseas German military missions.

He died in Berlin early Saturday after a short, serious illness surrounded by his family, the presidency said.

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