Eva Köhler

Eva Luise Köhler (born 1947 in Ludwigsburg as Eva Luise Bohnet) is the wife of the German President Horst Köhler. She took her Abitur in Ludwigsburg in 1966, and studied History, Germanistics and Religion. She then became a teacher of German. Eva Köhler was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1972 to 1990 and active in local politics. She left the SPD because she disliked the politics of Oskar Lafontaine.

Eva and Horst Köhler have two children, Ulrike (born 1972) and Jochen (born 1977).