[DIPLOMACY - Chancellor Helmut Kohl while receiving an honorary doctorate conferred on him by the Catholic University of...

[DIPLOMACY - Chancellor Helmut Kohl while receiving an honorary doctorate conferred on him by the Catholic University of Lublin - situational photographs]. 13 II 1989. set of 2 photographs form. 18x14.5 cm, by Maciej Szymczak.
On the back, handwritten inscriptions identifying the photographer's hand: "13.II.89 Catholic University of Lublin Rev. Prof. Joachim Kądziela reads the act of conferring the title of doctor h.c. to German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl", "Speaks Ph. D. h.c. of the Catholic University of Lublin - Helmut Kohl". Good condition.
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (1930-2017) - German politician. Associated with the CDU, from 1969 to 1976 Prime Minister of the Rhineland-Palatinate government, 1982-1998 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. He shaped the process of German unification and significantly influenced the process of European unification. He was described by former US Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton as "the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century." (Wikipedia).