The former president of Germany and ex-director general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Horst Koehler, died this Saturday, February 1 at the age of 81, the authorities announced. Horst Koehler “died early this morning in Berlin”, “after a short and serious illness”, “surrounded by his family,” said the German presidency.
This Christian Democrat was president of Germany from 2004 to 2010, an essentially honorary function in this country, after being director general of the IMF from 2000 to 2004 and president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (BERD) From 1998 to 2000. The UN announced in 2019 its resignation “for health reasons” of its functions as an emissary of the United Nations for Western Sahara, which he had occupied since 2017.