Architect of Germany's reunification ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at the age of 87, Spurtnik reported citing German newspaper Bild. Kohl was the first chancellor of the reunited Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was born on April 3, 1930 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

Kohl served as the sixth Chancellor in 1982-1998, being the longest serving German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck.