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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: ['aŋɡeːla 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.
Angela Merkel has received awards and honours from national governments, universities, and other non-governmental organisations.Merkel was the chancellor of Germany from 2005 until 2021, a length of tenure only exceeded by that of Helmut Kohl, [1] and was the first female German chancellor. [2]
Bottom right: Angela Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. The chancellor of Germany [ 1 ] is the political leader of Germany and the head of the federal government . The office holder is responsible for selecting all other members of the government and chairing cabinet meetings.
Center-left leader Olaf Scholz became Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor Wednesday, opening a new era for the European Union's most populous nation and largest economy after Angela ...
Olaf Scholz officially took the reins from Angela Merkel in Germany.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November, nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at the helm of one of Europe's biggest powers, her ...
Holding the third-highest state office available within Germany, the chancellor of Germany receives €220,000 per annum and a €22,000 bonus, i.e. one and two thirds of Salary Grade B11 (according to § 11 (1) a of the Federal Law on Ministers – Bundesministergesetz, BGBl. 1971 I p. 1166 and attachment IV to the Federal Law on Salaries of ...
Merkel has led Germany since 2005. She became known as Europe's de facto leader and the world's most powerful woman. Germany announced its new coalition government, heralding the end of Angela ...