What is Helmut Kohl?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Helmut Kohl |office = [[Chancellor of Germany]]<br><small>([[West Germany]] until 1990)</small> |image = Helmut Kohl (1996).jpg |caption = Kohl in 1996 |predecessor = [[Helmut Schmidt]] |president = [[Karl Carstens]]<br />[[Richard von Weizsäcker]]<br />[[Roman Herzog]] |successor = [[Gerhard Schröder]] |signature = Helmut Kohl Signature.svg |office2 = Leader of the [[CDU/CSU|CDU/CSU Group]] in the [[Bundestag]] |1blankname2 = First Deputy |1namedata2 = [[Friedrich Zimmermann]] |predecessor2 = [[Karl Carstens]] |party = [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] |1blankname = [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]] |1namedata = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]<br />[[Jürgen Möllemann]]<br />[[Klaus Kinkel]] |office1 = [[Leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Leader of the Christian Democratic Union]] |1blankname1 = {{nowrap|General Secretary}} |1namedata1 = [[Kurt Biedenkopf]]<br />[[Heiner Geißler]]<br />[[Volker Rühe]]<br />[[Peter Hintze]] |predecessor1 = [[Rainer Barzel]] |successor1 = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]] |successor2 = [[Alfred Dregger]] |birth_name = Helmut Josef Michael Kohl |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|04|03}} |birth_place = [[Ludwigshafen]], [[History of Bavaria#Bavaria during Weimar Republic|Bavaria]], [[Weimar Republic]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|06|16|1930|04|03}} |death_place = [[Ludwigshafen]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]] |resting_place= Cathedral Chapter Cemetery, [[Speyer]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Hannelore Kohl|Hannelore Renner]]|1960|2001|reason=died}}<br>{{marriage|[[Maike Kohl-Richter|Maike Richter]]|2008}} |children = {{unbulleted list|[[Walter Kohl]]|[[Peter Kohl]]}} |alma_mater = [[Heidelberg University]] |term_start = 1 October 1982 |term_end = 27 October 1998{{efn|From 1 October 1982 to 2 October 1990, Helmut Kohl was [[Federal Chancellor]] of [[West Germany]] only. From 3 October 1990