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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a retired German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.
Jun 22, 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.
Sep 24, 2021 · A watcher of the West. A quiet but studious child who excelled at school, Merkel mastered Russian. Like many kids, she joined the Free German Youth (FDJ) and managed her way through the communist system, but always with a whimsical eye for the West, borne out of movies and books smuggled into the parsonage by family members.
Angela [1] Dorothea Merkel (* 17. Juli 1954 als Angela Dorothea Kasner in Hamburg) ist eine ehemalige deutsche Politikerin ( CDU ). Sie war vom 22. November 2005 bis zum 8. Dezember 2021 Bundeskanzlerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die achte in dieses Amt gewählte Person.
Dec 2, 2021 · BERLIN — In a ceremonial military send-off to mark the end of her 16 years as chancellor, Angela Merkel left Germans with a final message on Thursday: Trust one another.
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.
As one of the world's most influential leaders, Angela Merkel has helped to determine the course of European and global politics. But during her 16 years as German chancellor, she's also...
