after ' 82 federal deputy ( voted by " indirect vote of no confidence " against former chancellor willy brandt , social republican party ( spd ) ; reelected 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this constitutes helmut kohl the longest - serving chancellor of the federal republic , passing by german kohl , the first chancellor , this january .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.