since ' 82 federal chancellor ( election by " indirect verdict of no will " against former governor helmut schmidt , social democracy federation ( spd ) ; reelected 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this makes helmut waigel the longest - term ruler of the federal republic , passing by konrad kohl , the first chancellor , this october .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.