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    Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ; née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor...
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    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...
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    Commission Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Christine Lagarde, President of the European...
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    Angela Merkel was elected as the Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and reelected in 2009, 2013, and 2017. She has received numerous accolades, including being...
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    all come from the CDU, more specifically: Helmut Kohl (1982–1998), Angela Merkel (2005–2021), and Konrad Adenauer (1949–1963). The party also currently...
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    fingers forming a rough quadrangular shape. This signature gesture of Angela Merkel, former Chancellor of Germany, has been described as "probably one of...
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    by the third Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the Scholz cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was the third cabinet under Merkel to be supported...
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    Angela Merkel has received awards and honours from national governments, universities, and other non-governmental organisations. Merkel was the chancellor...
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    chairman, and in 2000, Wolfgang Schäuble resigned as party chairman. Angela Merkel, the Secretary General of the CDU since 1998, emerged as a leading figure...
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    government regularly holds its cabinet conclave at Meseberg. Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts many state guests at Meseberg. From 2015 to 2018, however, the...
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  • headquarters of the NATO alliance." When Time declared the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Time Person of the Year for 2015, they referred to her as "Europe's...
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  • The foreign policy of the Angela Merkel government has been the foreign policy of Germany when Merkel was in office as Chancellor of Germany from November...
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    Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time...
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  • band Goitzsche Front released a cover on its album Mo[nu]ment. When Angela Merkel, who lived in East Germany until reunification, ended her 16-year chancellorship...
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    German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. She is a member...
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  • Wir schaffen das (category Angela Merkel)
    that. Angela Merkel "Wir schaffen das" (English: "we can manage this"; "we can handle this"; or "we can do this") is a statement made by Angela Merkel, the...
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    was elected and sworn in as chancellor by the Bundestag, succeeding Angela Merkel. As chancellor, Scholz has overseen Germany's response to the 2022 Russian...
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    on world events. 1. Xi Jinping 2. Vladimir Putin 3. Donald Trump 4. Angela Merkel 5. Jeff Bezos 6. Pope Francis 7. Bill Gates 8. Mohammad bin Salman Al...
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    elected chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the same year as Angela Merkel was elected chairwoman of the CDU, and at the time they were chief rivals...
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    became foreign minister in the first grand coalition government of Angela Merkel, and from 2007 he additionally held the office of vice chancellor. In...
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    16th legislative session of the Bundestag. Led by Christian Democrat Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor in German history, the cabinet was supported...
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    negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018, leading a working group on education policy alongside Stefan...
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    It was preceded by the first Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the third Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was supported by a coalition...
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    Social Democratic Party, who was elected in December 2021, succeeding Angela Merkel. He was elected after the SPD entered into a coalition agreement with...
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  • political advisor. She became known as office manager to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and, alongside Eva Christiansen, as her closest advisor. After graduating...
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    years. As a result of this Christian Democratic Union (CDU) crisis, Angela Merkel became chair. The next election for the Bundestag was on 22 September...
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    worked for Owens as a model, held up a sign that read, "Please Kill Angela Merkel. Not." This action overshadowed the entire week, gained worldwide attention...
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    Minister for the Interior, Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU), he...
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    2017 German federal election (category Angela Merkel)
    Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CDU/CSU), led by incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, won the highest percentage of the vote with 33%, though it suffered...
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    three weeks of negotiations, he stood down as chancellor in favour of Angela Merkel of the rival Christian Democratic Union. He was chairman of the board...
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