Horst Köhler is the first and thusfar only Ministerpräsident of Großgermania. He was appointed by Emperor Michael von Preußen on 12 December 2012 upon the formation of Großgermania. Köhler was born in Heidenstein, Generalgouvernement (now Skierbieszów, Poland), on 22 February 1943. His parents fled the advancing Soviet military with him in 1944, settling in Leipzig. Moving to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1953, his family was forced into refugee camps until 1957. Joining the German military for two years, and remaining on as a reserve officer since, Köhler earned a doctorate in economics and political sciences in 1976.