(AFP) -Former German President Holst Caller, who served as the head of the state from 2004 to 2010, has died on Saturday, 81 after a short illness.
“With the death of Holst Cailer, we have been very respected and have lost a very popular person in our country and the world,” said Frank Valter Stein Myier. I mentioned in a letter to the widow.
He died in Berlin early, surrounded by his family.
Caller, an economist in the training, was the first President German, not a career politician.
Before becoming the president, he was in charge of Washington's international currency fund.
He also played another role in civil servants and banking.
He was the head of the German state after Angela Merkel, the opposition leader at the time, was the head of the German state, mostly ritual.
Stein Myier said that when he was selected, Kaler was generally “virtually unknown,” but immediately gained “many perceptions and sympathy.”
He was elected in 2009 in the second term.
However, in May of the following year, he said in an interview that the critic supported the idea of sending a German military duties overseas to secure a trade route.
– “Land of ideas” –
In his speech, Kaler frequently emphasized the importance of believing in Germany's strength and their energy and creativity.
He advertised Germany as a “land of ideas” that forms his future and acts as a good power in the world.
Regarding foreign policy, Caller focused on Africa and visited the continent many times.
“I will never get tired of pointing out the importance and possibilities of the African continent for global development,” said SVENKE, the head of the former President's office.
“For him, his relationship with Africa was not only wise and positive, but also ethically essential.”
Caller was the United Nations messenger in the United Nations Sahara from 2017 to 2019, leading the United Nations efforts to end several decades between Morocco and the Polisario front of the Algerian support.
He was also a member of a panel established in 2012 by the United Nations Secretary -General Bankimoon to advise a global development agenda since 2015.
Koehler “gave a lot of things,” said SteinMeier.
“We remember him as a stroke in our country's luck.”
