| − | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl united [[East Germany|East]] and West Germany into one Germany in 1990 after the Berlin Wall was torn down. He held office from 1982 untill 1998 when Gerhard Schröder of the German social-democratic party was elected chancellor. | + | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl united [[East Germany|East]] and West Germany into one Germany in 1990 after the Berlin Wall was torn down. He held office from 1982 until 1998 when Gerhard Schröder of the German social-democratic party was elected chancellor. |