Helmut Kohl obituary

Dour and imperturbable German chancellor for 16 years who was the main architect of the country’s reunificationHelmut Kohl, who has died aged 87, will be remembered for his pivotal role in two extraordinary events: the fall of the Berlin wall and the rise of the euro. He devoted his entire adult life to Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politics and was Germany’s longest-serving chancellor of the 20th century.Superficially, sheer physical bulk apart, Kohl bore unlikely comparison