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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.
Sep 1, 2024 · Angela Merkel (born July 17, 1954, Hamburg, West Germany) is a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold that office and the second longest-serving chancellor in German history.
Apr 2, 2014 · Angela Merkel is Germany’s first female chancellor and a pivotal figure in the European Union. Learn more at Biography.com.
May 28, 2019 · Angela Merkel, the scientist who became a world leader. In word portraits, those who know the German chancellor, Harvard’s Commencement speaker, explain her rise to longtime prominence. Christina Pazzanese. Harvard Staff Writer. May 28, 2019 long read.
Biography. Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. Her CV traces the most important milestones on her way to taking this office. Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg on 17 July 1954.
May 14, 2018 · Angela Merkel (born 1954) became the first woman ever to lead Germany as chancellor. Merkel and the party she chairs, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), formed a coalition with two other parties in 2005, and the agreement installed the former physicist as head of government.
Angela Merkel, orig. Angela Dorothea Kasner, (born July 17, 1954, Hamburg, W.Ger.), Chancellor of Germany (2005– ). Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Leipzig (1978) and later settled in East Berlin, where she worked as a quantum chemist.
BBC Berlin correspondent. These young Germans are among a new generation of voters in elections on 26 September. As one of the world's most influential leaders, Angela Merkel has helped to...
Sep 24, 2013 · Angela Merkel became chair of the CDU in 2000 and Germany's first woman chancellor five years later. The defining moment of her eight years as leader so far came with the eurozone financial...
Angela Merkel served as Germany’s chancellor for 16 years, from 2005 until 2021. Before her long term in office was over, she became known for her calm, patient leadership style and was considered “the leader of the free world” for a time.
