since ' 82 federal chancellor ( elected by " constructive vote of no confidence " against former ceo helmut schmidt , social republican alliance ( spd ) ; reelected 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this ranks helmut kohl the longest - term chancellor of the federal republic , passing by chancellor adenauer , the first chair , this march .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.