François Mitterrand und Helmut Kohl

1988

The text of the medal presented reads:

François Mitterrand:
Für Französisch-Deutsche Freundschaft und Europas Zukunft

Helmut Kohl:
Für Französisch-Deutsche Freundschaft und Europas Zukunft

Vita François Mitterrand:

1916

Born in Jarnac, Charente, France

Sociology and French literature in Paris

Studium

1939

military service

German captivity

1940

1941

Escape and joining the resistance

member of the National Assembly

1946

1947-1958

Various ministerial posts, including Minister of the Interior (1954), Minister of Justice (1956)

Mayor of Château-Chinon

1959

1981-1995

The first socialist president of France

deceased

1996

Vita Helmut Kohl

1930

Born in Ludwigshafen

Degree in History, Law and Political Science in Frankfurt and Heidelberg, doctorate in History

1950-1958

1959-1979

CDU member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament

parliamentary party leader

1963

1966

CDU Regional Chairman for Rhineland-Palatinate

Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate

1969

1973

CDU party leader (until 1998)

German Chancellor

1982-1998

2017

deceased

Text of the Certificate of Honour

On 1 November 1988, in the Coronation Hall of Aachen's Town Hall, the former imperial palace, the International Charlemagne Prize for the year 1988 was awarded to the President of the French Republic, Mr François Mitterrand, and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Helmut Kohl, in recognition of their continuous and successful efforts to achieve lasting friendship between their countries and to maintain and consolidate the European Community.