Kohl thumb|Helmut Kohl became first chancellor of a reunified Germany. Helmut Kohl brought the conservatives back to power with a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition in 1982, and served as Chancellor until 1998. He orchestrated reunification with the approval of all the Four Powers from World War II, who still had a voice in German affairs. He lost in the left's biggest landslide victory in 1998, and was succeeded by the SPD's Gerhard Schröder.
Kohl thumb|Helmut Kohl became first chancellor of a reunified Germany Helmut Kohl brought the conservatives back to power with a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition in 1982 and served as Chancellor until 1998 He orchestrated reunification with the approval of all the Four Powers from World War II who still had a voice in German affairs He lost in the left's biggest landslide victory in 1998 and was succeeded by the SPD's Gerhard Schröder