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Angela Merkel | |
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| Chancellor of Germany | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 22 November 2005 | |
| President | Horst Köhler (2005-2010) Christian Wulff (2010-2012) Joachim Gauck (2012-2017) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2017-present) |
| Deputy | Franz Müntefering (2005-2007) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2007-2009) Guido Westerwelle (2009-2011) Philipp Rösler (2011-2013) Sigmar Gabriel (2013-2018) Olaf Scholz (sinse 2018) |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Schröder |
| Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | |
In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Töpfer |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Trittin |
| Minister for Women and Youth | |
In office 18 January 1991 – 17 November 1994 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Ursula Lehr |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Nolte |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2 December 1990 | |
| Constituency | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Dorothea Kasner (1954-07-17) 17 July 1954 Hamburg, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1990–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Awakening (1989–1990) |
| Spouse(s) | Ulrich Merkel (1977–1982) Joachim Sauer (1998–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Profession | Physical chemist |
| Signature |  |
Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg) is a German politician, and has been Chancellor of Germany since 22 November 2005.[2]
She was born in Hamburg, and grew up in the German Democratic Republic where she lived until the Reuniting of Germany in 1990. Merkel is now married to Joachim Sauer, a professor of chemistry. She chairs (is in charge of) the German conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).[3]
Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor on 22 November 2005 in a coalition of the two biggest German political parties CDU/CSU and SPD. After the election 2009 she formed a coalition with FDP. She again emerged as the winner in 2013 Federal Elections.[4]
In December 2015, she was named as Time magazine's Person of the Year.[5]
In October 2018, Merkel announced her permanent retirement as she said she would not seek reelection as leader of the CDU at the party convention in December 2018 and as Chancellor in 2021.[6]Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer replaced her as CDU leader.
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↑ Germans can't escape their Lutheran past
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↑ "Bundeskanzlerin; Biografie". bundeskanzlerin.de. 2011 [last update]. Retrieved 30 January 2011. Check date values in:|year=(help)
↑ "German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a hat-trick win in 2013 Elections and formed a coalition with the SPD". Retrieved 23 September 2013.
↑ Gibbs, Nancy (9 December 2015). "Why Angela Merkel is TIME's Person of the Year". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
↑ "Angela Merkel to step down in 2021". BBC News. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
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