Biography
Publications
- Der Aufbau wirtschaftsnaher kommunaler Infrastruktur im Transformationsprozess vom System zentraler Planwirtschaft zum dezentralen und marktwirtschaftlichen System, Ifo-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 1996 (German)
- Die Effizienz der finanzpolitischen Fördermassnahmen in den neuen Bundesländern, Ifo-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 1994 (German)
- Herstellungskosten und Folgelasten kommunaler Investitionen, Ifo-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (German)
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The most cunning person could not have more skillfully sneaked into the confidence of the princess, evoking her memories of the best time of her youth and showing sympathy for them. Meanwhile, Pierre's whole cunning consisted only in the fact that he was looking for his own pleasure, evoking human feelings in an embittered, cyhoy and proud princess.“Yes, he is a very, very kind person when he is under the influence not of bad people, but of people like me,” the princess said to herself.
The change that took place in Pierre was noticed in his own way and by his servants - Terenty and Vaska. They found that he was a lot simpler. Terenty often, having undressed the master, with boots and a dress in his hand, having wished good night, hesitated to leave, waiting for the master to join in the conversation. And for the most part Pierre stopped Terenty, noticing that he wanted to talk.
- Well, tell me ... but how did you get your food? he asked. And Terenty began a story about the ruin of Moscow, about the late count, and stood for a long time with his dress, telling, and sometimes listening to Pierre's stories, and, with a pleasant consciousness of the master's closeness to himself and friendliness to him, went into the hall.
The doctor who treated Pierre and visited him every day, despite the fact that, according to the duty of doctors, considered it his duty to look like a person, every minute of which is precious for suffering humanity, spent hours with Pierre, telling his favorite stories and observations on the mores of patients in general. and especially ladies.
“Yes, it’s nice to talk with such a person, not like we have in the provinces,” he said.
Several captured French officers lived in Orel, and the doctor brought one of them, a young Italian officer.
This officer began to go to Pierre, and the princess laughed at those tender feelings that the Italian expressed to Pierre.
The Italian, apparently, was happy only when he could come to Pierre and talk and tell him about his past, about his home life, about his love and pour out his indignation at the French, and especially at Napoleon.
- If all Russians are at least a little like you, - he told Pierre, - c "est un sacrilege que de faire la guerre a un peuple comme le votre. [It's blasphemy to fight with people like you.] You who have suffered so much from the French, you don't even have a grudge against them.
Mike Richter(German Maike Richter, also Mike Kohl-Richter, German Maike Kohl-Richter; genus. 1964, Siegen, Germany) is a German economist and journalist, an employee of the German Ministry of Economics. Since 2008 - the second wife of the former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Biography
She studied economics in Munich, at the Institute for Economic Research. In 1994-1998 she worked in the Department of National Economy of Helmut Kohl's administration, preparing the texts of his speeches on economic topics. After the victory of Gerhard Schroeder in the next election, the chancellor went to work as a financial expert under the supervision of Friedrich Merz. Consists in political party CDU. Currently, he is in charge of regional economic policy and planning at the Federal Ministry of Economics.
On May 8, 2008, Richter officially married former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whom she met back in 2004. Walter and Peter, Kolya's sons from his marriage to Hannelore Renner, who committed suicide in 2001, did not come to their father's wedding.
Publications
- Der Aufbau wirtschaftsnaher kommunaler Infrastruktur im Transformationsprozess vom System zentraler Planwirtschaft zum dezentralen und marktwirtschaftlichen System, Ifo-Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung, 1996 (German)
- Die Effizienz der finanzpolitischen Frdermassnahmen in den neuen Bundeslndern, Ifo-Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung, 1994 (German)
- Herstellungskosten und Folgelasten kommunaler Investitionen, Ifo-Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung (German)
According to the latest statement from the Kohl sons, their father's second wife, Maike Kohl-Richter, is keeping the former German chancellor at home "as a prisoner." She opposes his visits with his sons and does not allow him to see his grandchildren.
On live German television, one of the sons of the politician, Peter Kohl, said that he had not seen his father since May 2011. Kohl Jr. came to his father along with his daughter, the granddaughter of a politician.
“The door was opened to me by the extremely cold Maike Richter. She allowed me to enter the room where my father was sitting in a wheelchair. He was glad to see his granddaughter again. He held her hand in his. After 10 minutes, he said that we had better leave - otherwise we will feel bad, ”said Peter Kohl.
The German weekly Spiegel directly calls Kohl's second wife "Lady Macbeth of Oggersheim" (referring to the Shakespearean tragedy, and possibly to the famous story by Leskov). According to the German journalist, “she is his gatekeeper, the person who controls his words and also decides who enters him and who leaves him,” writes the German edition.
According to Kohl's sons, their stepmother is a fanatical supporter of Helmut Kohl and does not want to let relatives near her idol. In one of the Spiegel articles, Peter and Walter recalled their first meeting with Maike Kohl Richter.
During a meeting in a Berlin cafe, a woman asked the brothers if they were fans of Helmut Kohl (Kolianer in German). “No, we are not Koreans” (Koreaner), the brothers replied, thus laughing at the fanaticism of the future stepmother. Perhaps it was this mockery that led to the current cooling of relations between relatives, the Kohl brothers suspect.
German Chancellor and friend of Russian President Boris Yeltsin Helmut Kohl led Germany from 1982 to 1998. His first wife was the chemist and politician Hannelore Kohl, the mother of Peter and Walter Kohl. In the early 2000s, she contracted a rare disease that led to an allergy to light. Helmut Kohl took care of his wife and kept the curtains of his mansion closed at all times to keep out the light.
Due to illness, the wife of the former chancellor was unable to attend the wedding of her youngest son. In 2001, Hannelore Kohl committed suicide by taking an overdose of morphine.
May 8, 2008 Helmut Kohl married a second time. The economist Maike Richter became his chosen one. Kolya's sons from their first marriage, according to them, were happy with the choice of their father, but later a difficult relationship arose between them and Richter. These relationships, in particular, are mentioned in the preface to the biography of Hannelore Kohl, which the brothers wrote together. It was this preface that gave rise to the start of the unwinding of the topic in the German press.
Longest-serving Chancellor
October 1, 1982 Helmut Kohl became Chancellor of Germany. He ruled the Federal Republic for 16 years - longer than any other chancellor. The peak of his political career was the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. After losing the election in 1998, Kohl steps down as chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which he led for 25 years.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Political rise under Adenauer
Already in 1947, Helmut Kohl joined the CDU, he was one of the co-founders of the youth branch of the union in his hometown of Ludwigshafen. Since 1950, he has been studying at the university - first as a lawyer, then studies history and social and political sciences. Very quickly, Kohl climbs the party career ladder and already in 1960 becomes a member of the federal leadership of the CDU.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Young prime minister of the federal state
In 1966, Helmut Kohl was elected chairman of the land branch of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate. In May 1969, he succeeds Peter Ahlmeier as Prime Minister of this federal state. A new triumph - in two years. Under the leadership of Kohl, the CDU after the 1971 elections receives an absolute majority in the Landtag.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Deceptive idyll
First of all, during the holidays, Helmut Kohl tries to create an image of a happy family life. However, his wife Hannelore and sons Walter and Peter are having a hard time with the politician's long absence from home and the public interest in them. Subsequently, Walter Kohl corrected this picture.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Head of the CDU for a quarter of a century
In June 1973, Helmut Kohl was elected chairman of the CDU. He will hold this post for 25 years. With a beaming smile, Kohl appears at an extraordinary party congress in Bonn, along with the new general secretary, Kurt Biedenkopf.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Life of Helmut Kohl
In 1982, relations within the ruling coalition - the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) - become tense. The FDP turns to the CDU for support. Together, they manage to achieve a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and overthrow him. Helmut Kohl heads the German government. Schmidt reservedly congratulates his successor.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Reconciliation gesture
The photograph of French and German leaders François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl holding hands went around the world. It was made in 1984 at the celebrations dedicated to the reconciliation of both countries, at the soldiers' cemetery in Verdun. Here the French and Germans fought bloody battles in 1916. During the memorial ceremony, politicians unexpectedly shook hands. This was seen as an important symbolic gesture.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Peak career - German reunification
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Kohl achieved the reunification of a divided Germany through international negotiations. On October 3, 1990, the GDR became part of the Federal Republic. At the peak of his political career, Chancellor Kohl, along with his wife Hannelore and leading German politicians, greet the public from the stairs of the Reichstag building in Berlin.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
The promise of prosperity
In the early 1990s, Helmut Kohl was greeted with joy in the new federal states as Chancellor of Unity. Subsequently, he was repeatedly criticized for promising to create "blooming landscapes" in the east of the country.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Mentor of the first woman head of government
Without Helmut Kohl, it is difficult to imagine the success of the current Chancellor Angela Merkel. He was her mentor, and with his support in the 1990s, the East German politician first headed the Ministry of Family Affairs and then became Minister of the Environment.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Defeat after 16 years
In September 1998, the CDU, led by Kohl, was defeated in the elections to the Bundestag. This made possible the coming to power of the first red-green government led by Gerhard Schroeder. In October of the same year, Helmut Kohl was said goodbye at a solemn military ceremony.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Scandal around party donations
In 2000, a new blow fell on Kolya: a scandal over donations to the CDU. Bundestag chairman Wolfgang Thierse fined the party more than 40 million marks because of false financial reports. This led to a split in the leadership of the CDU. Helmut Kohl resigns as honorary chairman.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Painful loss
In July 2001, Helmut's wife Kohl Hannelore committed suicide due to a serious illness - she was severely allergic to light. The couple have been married for 41 years. At the funeral ceremony, their sons Walter and Peter stand next to their father.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
New love
Four years after the death of his wife, Helmut Kohl found new love is the economist Mike Richter, 34 years his junior. They marry in 2008 while Kol was in rehab.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Audience with the Pope
Pope Benedict XVI wants to see one person during his visit to Germany in September 2012 - Helmut Kohl, the "Chancellor of Unity". For 25 minutes, the pontiff communicates with Kohl, who is accompanied by his wife Maike Kohl-Richter.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
in small format
12 square centimeters in honor of the former chancellor: for Kohl's services to Germany and Europe in the fall of 2012, a special postage stamp was issued in Germany. This is a great honor - only a few are honored with it during their lifetime.
Helmut Kohl: milestones of his life
Scandalous biography
In the book "Testament. Minutes of conversations with Kohl," its authors Heribert Schwan and Tilman Jens publish, against Kohl's will, a number of critical statements by the ex-chancellor against his former associates, including the current German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The court bans new editions of the bestseller, but the remarks allegedly made by Kohl have already seen the light of day.
February 01, 2011
Meike Richter aka Meike Kohl-Richter is a German economist and journalist working for the German Ministry of Economics. Since 2008, she has been the second wife of former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Biography
Born in Siegen in 1964.
She studied economics in Munich, at the Institute for Economic Research. From 1994 to 1998 she worked in the department of national economy of the Helmut Kohl administration, wrote the texts of his speeches on economic topics. After winning the next election of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, she began working as a financial expert under Friedrich Merz. Member of the political party CDU. Currently he is in charge of regional economic policy and planning at the Federal Ministry of Economics.
On May 8, 2008, Richter officially married former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, whom she met back in 2004. Kolya's sons from his marriage to Hannelore Renner, who committed suicide in 2001, Walter and Peter, did not come to their wedding.