Eva Köhler

Eva Luise Köhler
Eva Luise and Horst Köhler
Born	Eva Luise Bohnet 2 January 1947 Ludwigsburg, Germany
Occupation	former First Lady of Germany
Spouse(s)	Horst Köhler
Children	Ulrike Köhler, Jochen Köhler

Eva Luise Köhler (German: [ˈkøːlɐ]; born 2 January 1947 in Ludwigsburg as Eva Luise Bohnet) is the wife of the former German President Horst Köhler (Mandate : 1 July 2004 – 31 May 2010) and as such, was sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency.^[1]

She completed her Abitur in Ludwigsburg in 1966, and studied History, Germanistics and Religion. She then became a teacher of German. Eva Köhler was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1972 to 1990 (as she advocated Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik) and participated in local politics. She left the SPD because she disliked the politics of Oskar Lafontaine.

Eva and Horst Köhler have two children, Ulrike (born 1972) and Jochen (born 1977).

Honours

Foreign honours

•  Lithuania : Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (19 October 2005) ^[2]
•  Netherlands : Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (2007)^[3]

References

1. "Ex-First-Lady Eva Köhler im Interview: „Menschen mit seltenen Erkrankungen fallen durchs soziale Netz"". Rhein-Zeitung (in German). 27 February 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
2. Lituanian Presidency Website, Search form Archived April 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Gotha.fr, State visit of Germany to the Netherlands, 2007, Photo