Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (German: [mɛʁts]; born 11 November 1955) is a German conservative politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic...

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and beauty products with its brands Tetesept and Merz Spezial. The company was founded by Friedrich Merz and is still family-owned. The management consists...

later, former leader of the CDU/CSU Bundestag group Friedrich Merz announced his own candidacy. Merz won a plurality of votes in the first round of the...

60% of voters thought he would be a good chancellor, compared to 42% for Merz and 21% for Scholz. In a video released on 21 November, Pistorius ended the...

Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 January 2022. The CDU...

Union of Germany. Since 31 January 2022, the office has been held by Friedrich Merz, who succeeded Armin Laschet. The Leader of the Christian Democratic...

victories in subsequent state elections. In February 2001, her rival Friedrich Merz voiced his intention to become Gerhard Schröder's main challenger for...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) met with President Steinmeier on 7 November to discuss the situation. Scholz announced that he would ask Merz for support...

Schäuble (1991–2000) Friedrich Merz (2000–2002) Angela Merkel (2002–2005) Volker Kauder (2005–2018) Ralph Brinkhaus (2018–2022) Friedrich Merz (2022–present)...

1994. Friedrich Merz was representative from 1994 to 2009. Patrick Sensburg was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Former member Merz successfully...

candidates ran, being former Leader of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag Friedrich Merz, former Minister for the Environment Norbert Röttgen and Head of the...

January 2023, Friedrich Merz, the chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, took over the political sponsorship for Sharmahd. Merz attempted to travel...

elected leader of the CDU, winning 52.8% of delegates votes against Friedrich Merz in the second round of the contest. The result of the election was certified...

be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called "Merz Pictures". Kurt Schwitters was born on 20 June 1887 in Hanover, at Rumannstraße...

SPD chancellor candidate Boris Pistorius as SPD chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz as CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Hendrik Wüst as CDU/CSU chancellor candidate...

September 2024, Wüst decided not to run and announced his support for Friedrich Merz as Union's candidate for Chancellor of Germany for the 2025 federal...

candidacy in the election. This was followed by Merkel's former arch-rival Friedrich Merz, who announced his bid and his return to politics on 30 October 2018...

international politicians, and was endorsed by the leader of the opposition Friedrich Merz. Newspapers praised the speech's policy content with The Economist crediting...

Bundestag who would play an important role later. Future CDU leaders Friedrich Merz and Armin Laschet were first elected to the Bundestag in 1994, as were...

Patrick Pouyanné  Germany Jamil Anderlini Marco Buschmann Mathias Döpfner Friedrich Merz Wolfgang Schmidt Christian Sewing  Greece Niki Kerameus Alexis Papahelas...

American market. Notable owners include German Leader of the Opposition Friedrich Merz, who, controversially flew to the wedding of Minister of Finance Christian...

the party leadership, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, narrowly defeated Friedrich Merz, who had been a rival of Merkel around 2002 and had left politics in...

readiness to run as Unions candidate, Söder announced his support for Friedrich Merz as Union's candidate for Chancellor of Germany for the 2025 federal...

party's Secretary General from 2022 to 2023, under the leadership of Friedrich Merz. From 2006 until 2021, he was a member of the State Parliament of Berlin...

("Einwanderung ja, Ghettos nein - Warum Friedrich Merz sich zu Unrecht auf mich beruft", Zeit 47/2000). Merz, supported by the Brandenburg interior minister...

(2009–2021) Deutsche Nationalstiftung [Wikidata], member of the Senate Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), member German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)...

Leader of the Opposition Oppositionsführer Incumbent Friedrich Merz since 15 February 2022 Bundestag Member of Bundestag Term length While parliamentary...

v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Friedrich Merz CDU: Abraham Albani Altenkamp Amthor Aumer Bareiß Bernstein Beyer Biadacz Bilger Borchardt Brand Braun Breher...

Christian Democrats, with Angela Merkel taking over as CDU leader and Friedrich Merz as chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. Ahead of the 2005 elections...