Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31...

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...

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...

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...

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

Nadine Schön verlässt 2025 den Bundestag Saarbrücker Zeitung. Daniel Friedrich Sturm (11 June 2024), Mehr Zeit für „Franz“: Michelle Müntefering zieht...

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

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

Merz (1874–1940), Pioneer of the National Grid UK Charlie Merz (1888–1952) US racecar driver Curt Merz (1938–2022), US football player Friedrich Merz...

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...

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...

seeker. In an email to chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD seen by media, Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU/CSU, the largest opposition party, asked for radical...

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...

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

displayed in this list. Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht Boris Palmer list Friedrich Merz as CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Boris Pistorius as SPD chancellor candidate...

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

of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz. From 2002 to 2017 Kretschmer was a member of the Bundestag as directly...

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...

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

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

Wagenknecht's new party would have to make its own decision. CDU chairman Friedrich Merz said that BSW could take votes from the AfD, while former president...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Donald Trump". German commentators agreed with Merkel's assessment, and Friedrich Merz, a CDU politician, said that a German chancellor could never be "leader...

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