Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ; née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a retired German politician who served as Chancellor of...

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...

Commission Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany Christine Lagarde, President of the European...

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...

all come from the CDU, more specifically: Helmut Kohl (1982–1998), Angela Merkel (2005–2021), and Konrad Adenauer (1949–1963). The party also currently...

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...

fingers forming a rough quadrangular shape. This signature gesture of Angela Merkel, former Chancellor of Germany, has been described as "probably one of...

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...

Angela Merkel has received awards and honours from national governments, universities, and other non-governmental organisations. Merkel was the chancellor...

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...

government regularly holds its cabinet conclave at Meseberg. Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts many state guests at Meseberg. From 2015 to 2018, however, the...

German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen...

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...

Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time...

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...

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...

became foreign minister in the first grand coalition government of Angela Merkel, and from 2007 he additionally held the office of vice chancellor. In...

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...

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...

2015 on 12 April 2015 along with Angela Merkel and held trade & investment discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. In September 2015,...

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...

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...

16th legislative session of the Bundestag. Led by Christian Democrat Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor in German history, the cabinet was supported...

Erhard (#27) Gerhard Schröder (#82) Neither Kurt Georg Kiesinger nor Angela Merkel (who was leader of the opposition at that time) were ranked among the...

was the youngest department head in the German government. Chancellor Angela Merkel promoted him in December 2009 to the influential role of the Sherpa...

negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018, leading a working group on education policy alongside Stefan...

Olaf Scholz of the SPD, who was elected in December 2021, succeeding Angela Merkel. He was elected after the SPD entered into a coalition agreement with...

It was preceded by the second Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the fourth Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The government was supported...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German chancellor Angela Merkel both made statements supporting the vote. Donald Tusk maintains there...

This ended his ambitions for a federal CSU. Under the chairmanship of Angela Merkel (2000–2018), the CDU left some right wing positions behind and shifted...