<sod >Â  Mr Kohl was chancellor of then West Germany between 1982 and 1990, and the reunified Germany between 1990 and 1998.< eod>< sod > Â  A politician for most of his adult life, Mr Kohl was chancellor of then West Germany between 1982 and 1990, and the reunified Germany between 1990 and 1998.< eod>