Eva Köhler
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Education and career
She completed her Abitur in Ludwigsburg in 1966, and studied history, Germanistics and religion. She then became a teacher of German. Eva Köhler was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1972 to 1990 as she advocated Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik and participated in local politics. She left the SPD because she disliked the politics of Oskar Lafontaine.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Personal life
Eva and Horst Köhler have two children, Ulrike (born 1972) and Jochen (born 1977). Her husband died on 1 February 2025.[2]
Honours
Foreign honours
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (21 March 2006)[3]
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania : Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (19 October 2005) [4]
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2 March 2009)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2007)[5]
References
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- 20th-century German educators
- Spouses of presidents of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Vytautas the Great
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- Horst Köhler