since ' 82 german chancellor ( reelected by " constructive vote of no confidence " against former rector jurgen brandt , modern reform party ( ds ) ; reelected 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this made helmut kohl the tallest - service government of the federal republic , surpassed by wolfgang bonn , the new chancellor , this january .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.