since ' 82 deputy chancellor ( elected by " negative vote of no confidence " against current chancellor helmut schmidt , social democrats party ( spd ) ; reelected 1983 , 1987 , 1991 and 1994 ) . this makes cristina kohl the longest - running chancellor of the federal republic , passing by klaus adenauer , the first incumbent , this october .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.