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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office.
The family of Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, is of German and Polish descent. Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg. The Kasner name is derived from Jan Kaźmierczak, a Pole from Poznań who lived in the 18th century. Merkel's grandfather changed the name to Kasner in 1930.
Freedom: Memoirs 1954–2021 is an autobiography written by the former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, and coauthor Beate Baumann. Merkel was the Chancellor for sixteen years, from 2005 to 2021. The book was published on November 26, 2024 by St. Martin's Press. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In "Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021" (published by St. Martin's Press), former German Chancellor Angela Merkel writes about two lives: her early years growing up under a Communist-controlled police ...
Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world leaders who gave birth to a child while serving in office, the other being Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand. [7] The longest-tenured female non-hereditary head of government is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. She served as the country's prime minister from June 1996 to July 2001 and ...
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. President Barack Obama, close political allies when they were both in office, reunited in Washington on Monday for an event to launch her ...
Merkel received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. president Barack Obama in 2011. This article is part of a series about Angela Merkel MdB for Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I Christian Democratic Union of Germany Merkel-Raute Revolution of 1989 Democratic Awakening 1990 East German election German reunification Kohl government Minister for Women and Youth Minister for ...
Angela Merkel has sought to calm the nerves of European leaders over a second Donald Trump presidency claiming that he is not as ill-disposed to them as many believe.. The former German chancellor ...