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Angela Merkel
Chancellor o Germany
In office
22 November 2005 – 8 December 2021
PresesHorst Köhler
Christian Wulff
Joachim Gauck
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
DeputeFranz Müntefering
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Guido Westerwelle
Philipp Rösler
Sigmar Gabriel
Olaf Scholz
Precedit biGerhard Schröder
Succeedit biOlaf Scholz
Leader o the Christian Democratic Union
In office
10 Aprile 2000 – 7 December 2018
Precedit biWolfgang Schäuble
Succeedit biAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Minister o the Environment
In office
17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Precedit biKlaus Töpfer
Succeedit biJürgen Trittin
Meenister o Weemen an Youth
In office
18 Januar 1991 – 17 November 1994
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Precedit biUrsula Lehr
Succeedit biClaudia Nolte
Personal details
BornAngela Dorothea Kasner
(1954-07-17) 17 Julie 1954 (age 71)
Hamburg, Wast Germany
Poleetical pairtyDemocratic Awakenin (1989–1990)
Christian Democratic Union (1990–present)
Spoose(s)Ulrich Merkel (1977–1982)
Joachim Sauer (1998–present)
Alma materVarsity o Leipzig
ReligionLutheranism
Awards
Signatur

Angela Merkel (born Kasner) (born in Hamburgh, 17 Julie 1954) is an umwhile chancellor o Germany wha servit frae 2005 tae 2021. She wis electit in 2005;[1] she wis confirmed in affice in 2009 an 2013 (anly juist missin an overaw majority),[2] an stairtit her fowert term in 2018 efter her pairty got a reduced nummer o votes in the 2017 Bundestag election.[3] She wis a member o the CDU, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (the Christian Union o Germany). Merkel grew up in the umwhile East Germany.[4]

Merkel propaled in 2018 that she intendit tae staund doon as Chancellor in 2021. She haes made major decisions affectin the European Union, sic as in the Refugee Creesis an Eurozone Creesis an the Covid19 pandemic.[5][6][7][8]

Merkel stuid doun in December 2021, when Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became Chancellor, leadin a three-pairty coalition.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "German parties back new coalition" (in Inglis). 14 November 2005. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  2. ↑ "Germany's Merkel begins new term" (in Inglis). 28 October 2009. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  3. ↑ "German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a hat-trick win in 2013 Elections | Class World News". web.archive.org. 26 September 2013. Archived frae the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  4. ↑ "Merkel, power player who changed Germany". The West Australian (in Inglis). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  5. ↑ Qvortrup, Matthew (22 August 2017). Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader: Revised Edition (in Inglis). Overlook Press. ISBN 978-1-4683-1408-3.
  6. ↑ Rankin, Jennifer (23 September 2021). "The crisis manager: Angela Merkel's double-edged European legacy". The Guardian (in Inglis). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  7. ↑ "Migrant crisis: Merkel warns of EU 'failure'". BBC News (in Inglis). 31 August 2015. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  8. ↑ "An address to the nation by Federal Chancellor Merkel". Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.
  9. ↑ "Olaf Scholz elected as Germany's new Chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel". ABC News (in Inglis). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2025.



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