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To: Elsewhere who wrote (32980)	3/4/2004 6:18:04 PM
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CDU and FDP have agreed to nominate IMF leader Koehler as candidate for the Federal President election on May 23. Without going into constitutional details this means he is likely to be elected. What does Koehler's election mean to Joshke's position? Is he out with Schroeder? Foreign Minister is an appointed office, right? TIA

To: Elsewhere who wrote (32980)	5/23/2004 10:16:25 AM
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Germans Elect Ex-IMF Chief As President By TONY CZUCZKA The Associated Press Sunday, May 23, 2004; 10:02 AM washingtonpost.com [Picture: story.news.yahoo.com ] BERLIN - Horst Koehler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund who has called for bolder economic reforms in Germany, was elected Sunday as the country's ninth postwar president. ... He has said that he wants to bring his experience in national and international affairs to the post, and has called on Germans to accept the need for economic change, cut bureaucracy more boldly and rely less on government as a way out of three years of economic stagnation. ...