People - 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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- Juliane Weber, a close confidante of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl (CDU) from North Rhine-Westphalia, was known to be the only two persons who knew everything about him, alongside his wife.
- The "Bild" picture newspaper reported that Juliane Weber, the long-time office manager of Helmut Kohl, passed away in Bonn at the age of 84.
- As a devoted and discreet assistant, Juliane Weber accompanied Helmut Kohl through various stages of his political career, from the state parliament in Mainz to the Chancellery in Bonn, and even after his move to Berlin.
- In Helmut Kohl's time, Juliane Weber, the strong woman in the background, was known for her unwavering loyalty, self-sacrifice, and power-consciousness, reminiscent of her boss herself.
- Even after Helmut Kohl's death in 2017, Juliane Weber, the native of Lower Saxony, left an indelible mark on German politics, having played a significant role in his storied career.
Source: www.stern.de
