Eva Luise Köhler (German: [ˈkøːlɐ] ⓘ; née Bohnet; born 2 January 1948) is the widow of former German president Horst Köhler and as such, was sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency.

[1] She completed her Abitur in Ludwigsburg in 1966, and studied history, Germanistics and religion.

Eva Köhler was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1972 to 1990 as she advocated Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik and participated in local politics.

She left the SPD because she disliked the politics of Oskar Lafontaine.

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