These relationships became invaluable when East Germany began to unexpectedly collapse in 1989: Kohl was able to address concerns of worldwide parties on all sides while also on the domestic intricacies of reunification.
"We mourn his loss today, even as we know his remarkable life will inspire future generations of leaders to dare and achieve greatly", Bush said in a statement. In 2001, the case was closed, and the former chancellor paid a fine of 300 thousand German marks (142,000$).
The head of the International Monetary Fund is expressing sadness at the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
"Helmut Kohl was an important German, and an important European".
Kohl's legacy includes the common euro currency - now used by 19 nations - that bound Europe more closely together than ever before.
The plan to make Germany whole again, a prospect that alarmed British and French leaders with lingering memories of Nazi Germany, nevertheless eventually earned the support of the US and the Soviet Union.
He says "it was real luck that at that hard time leading nations were headed by statesmen with a sense of responsibility, adamant about defending the interests of their countries but also able to consider the interests of others, able to overcome the barrier of prevailing suspicion about partnership and mutual trust".
"Helmut Kohl therefore became a stroke of luck for us Germans", she said.
East Germany, who were separated post World War II.
He entrenched Germany in a wider Europe, in the hope of achieving a unity and peace that the continent had never known before.
Kohl's estrangement from his party lasted until 2002, when its new leaders invited him to speak at a convention as they sought to regain power.
In the early 80s, Kohl was considered understated and was underestimated often.
"His vision helped to usher the global community into the 21st century, to build bold and lasting relationships that endure to this day", Mr Clinton said.
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He died at the age of 87.
In October 1982, Helmut Kohl was elected Chancellor in the coalition government of the CDU-FDP.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev underlined Kohl s role in ending the Cold War, noting that "he was without doubt an exceptional personality who left his mark on German, European and global history".
She had been due to make a public appearance at the German ambassador's residence in Rome around 1700 GMT. Yeltsin and Kohl had become friends, she said.
He won voters in communist East Germany by promising them "flourishing landscapes".
Shortly after leaving office, Kohl's reputation was tarnished by a financing scandal in his center-right CDU, now led by Chancellor Merkel.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also mourned Kohl as a "personal friend" and praised his historical role in uniting Germany, according to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Netanyahu said in a statement Friday that "Kohl was the leader who united Germany with a determined and steady hand".
"We have lost the father of modern Germany and my deepest sympathies and condolences are with his family and with the German people at this sad time".
Germany's longest-serving chancellor since World War II lived long enough to see the European unity he championed see hard times after he left office.
"My mentor, my friend, the very essence of Europe, he will be greatly, greatly missed". "Throughout our endeavors, Helmut was a rock - both steady and strong", Bush said Friday.
The ministry described Kohl as a leader "with a sense of historic responsibility who brought to fruition the historic undertaking of peacefully reunifying Germany". With courage and perseverance, the cardinal emphasized, the chancellor, combined with visionary force had the "great ability to negotiate German unity".
"We need to press ahead with the unification of Europe". At the same time, he was involved in the recently formed Christian Democratic Union party, serving in a series of regional positions in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s.
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