"Now, two and a half years later, Berlin's Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) has officially announced the exact location in the German capital where Helmut Kohl (CDU), who served as the federal chancellor from 1982 to 1998, is to be honored: on the centrally located Hofjagerallee. "It is a big street for a mighty man to whom we owe a great deal," said Wegner, in explanation of the renaming process that is now underway."
"Kohl, who died in 2017 at the age of 87, is considered the key architect of German reunification on October 3, 1990. Less than three weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, he presented his 10-point plan to the German Bundestag to reunite the country that had been divided into East and West since 1949. The majority of the German population shared in this desire."
"But in order to fulfill the plan, the victorious powers of World War II the US, UK, France and the Soviet Unionalso had to be convinced. It didn't take long for Kohl, who held a doctorate in history, to overcome widespread reservations about reunification. His greatest achievement was securing the Kremlin's approval in personal talks with reformist communist Mikhail Gorbachev."
Berlin's governing coalition committed to pursuing the naming of a prominent street or square after Helmut Kohl. Mayor Kai Wegner announced Hofjagerallee as the chosen location for the honor and described Kohl as "a mighty man to whom we owe a great deal." Helmut Kohl served as federal chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and is regarded as the key architect of German reunification on October 3, 1990. Less than three weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Kohl presented a 10-point plan to reunite East and West Germany. Kohl secured Kremlin approval through personal talks with Mikhail Gorbachev, enabling negotiations culminating in the Two Plus Four Treaty.
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