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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl marries economist
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has married his partner Maike Richter, an economist who is nearly 35 years his junior.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:26 May 13, 2008
Berlin: Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has married his partner Maike Richter, an economist who is nearly 35 years his junior.
Kohl's office said on Tuesday the pair tied the knot last week at a Heidelberg clinic where Kohl is recuperating from a head injury.
Last month, his office announced that 78-year old Kohl planned to marry Richter, 44, who is on leave from her post in the German Economy Ministry to tend to the former chancellor.
Kohl, a conservative Christian Democrat (CDU), was Germany's longest-serving post-war leader, in office from 1982 to 1998.
He underwent knee surgery last year and suffered a bad fall earlier this year, which led him to be hospitalised.
Kohl's late wife Hannelore, who suffered from a rare illness that made her allergic to light, took her own life in 2001.
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