CDU: Kohl's long-time office manager Juliane Weber is dead

Death - CDU: Kohl's long-time office manager Juliane Weber is dead

Juliane Weber, the long-time office manager of Helmut Kohl (CDU), died in Bonn on Saturday at the age of 84. The federal CDU in Berlin confirmed a corresponding report in the "Bild" newspaper on Wednesday. Weber was long considered a close confidante of former Chancellor Kohl, who died in 2017.

Weber had been in charge of Kohl's personal office for decades and accompanied him loyally and discreetly through many stages - from the state parliament in Mainz to the then Chancellery in Bonn. After Kohl became an ordinary member of the Bundestag following the 1998 general election, she followed him to Berlin. "There are only two people who know everything about me," Helmut Kohl is reported to have once said. "My wife and Juliane."

Even in Kohl's day, there was not much concrete information about the native of Lower Saxony. Her passion for elephants made of glass, stone and precious metal, which adorned her desk, was well known, according to a portrait of Weber at the time. Nobody who wanted to talk to Kohl could get past her, it was said again and again. Juliane Weber was regarded as the strong woman in the background, loyal to the point of self-abandonment, but as power-conscious as Kohl himself. In a newspaper interview, she once said: "The worst thing in my life would be not to take part."

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1. Despite her significant role in North Rhine-Westphalia's politics, Juliane Weber's personal life remained relatively unknown to the public in Berlin.
2. The CDU party in North Rhine-Westphalia expressed their condolences following the death of their fellow party member and former Chancellor Kohl's office manager.
3. The "Bild" picture newspaper reported that numerous persons from various political parties attended Weber's funeral in Bonn, paying their respects to the late woman.
4. In Germany, there were many controversies about Juliane Weber's influence on Helmut Kohl's decisions and her role as a key figure in his political career.
5. After Kohl's departure from Bonn, Weber continued to serve as his confidante and office manager in Berlin, maintaining a strong bond with the former Chancellor until his death in 2017.
6. The CDU, led by Helmut Kohl, was one of Germany's major political parties during Juliane Weber's tenure, and her loyalty and dedication played a significant role in its success.

Source: www.stern.de