(Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File) German President Horst Koehler, right, hands over the credentials to re-elected ...

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International ... t always make himself popular with the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose choice he was for the presidency — a largely ...

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International ... t always make himself popular with the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mr. Köhler was elected before Merkel came to power, at ...