Roman Herzog has died at the age of 82.<br /><br /> He served as chief justice for Germany’s highest court before winning the presidency in 1994, four years after reunification.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Roman Herzog was Germany's ceremonial head of state from 1994 to 1999.<br /><br />More: https://t.co/duP8AaKpSI pic.twitter.com/vjYwm8nD7i— dwnews (@dwnews) January 10, 2017<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Economic reform<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The former president of Germany encouraged his country to embrace economic reform in the 1990s.<br /><br /> He was one of the first leaders to address Germany’s resistance to reform and its growing economic stagnation at a time when Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s 16-year tenure was coming to a close.<br /><br /> At the time, Germany was struggling with double-digit unemployment, amid worries that its labour market was too inflexible.<br /><br /> Herzog also stressed the importance of remembering the Holocaust.<br /><br /> Current president Joachim Gauck described Herzog as “a distinctive personality”.<br />
