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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 first and only woman to have held the office.
Angela Merkel (born 1954) 22 November 2005 8 December 2021 16 years, 16 days: Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Merkel I CDU/CSU–SPD: 16 (2005) Merkel II CDU/CSU–FDP: 17 (2009) Merkel III CDU/CSU–SPD: 18 (2013) Merkel IV CDU/CSU–SPD: 19 (2017) 9: Olaf Scholz (born 1958) 8 December 2021 Incumbent: 3 years, 18 days: Social Democratic Party ...
Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first ever government job: as Germany's next chancellor.
Germans voted on Sunday (September 26) to choose a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will usher in a new era and set the course of Europe's largest economy.Exit polls showed the center ...
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 ...
Kramp-Karrenbauer was perceived to be Merkel's chosen heir and a continuation of her style and centrist ideology while Merz was an old rival from Merkel's early days as party leader and was very open about his intention to move the party in a more conservative direction. Nevertheless, the Chancellor did not state her preferences. [19]
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Angela Merkel's center-right party elected an ally of the longtime German chancellor as its new leader on Friday, opting for continuity and experience as it handed her ...
She hosted Merkel’s successor Olaf Scholz for the first time in March 2022. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Among the international dignitaries who appeared on the show were the foreign ministers of Austria and Luxembourg , Sebastian Kurz (2016) and Jean Asselborn (2014, 2015 and 2018).