since ' 82 vice chancellor ( created by " constructive majority of no resignation " against former chancellor helmut schmidt , christian democratic party ( spd ) ; voted 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this makes jurgen cdu the highest - sitting mayor of the federal union , passing by konrad wowereit , the first chancellor , this month .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.