Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (German: [mɛɐts]; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic...

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...

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...

Minister-President and CSU leader Markus Söder – expressed their full support for Friedrich Merz. Söder was thought to pursue another attempt at the nomination; many...

Linke". RND (in German). 19 January 2025. "Friedrich Merz: CDU-Chef will Ausbürgerung ermöglichen ("Friedrich Merz: CDU leader wants to enable denaturalization")"...

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...

Merz may refer to: Merz (art style), a synonym for the more common term Dada Merz (musician), a British electro-folk singer Merz (surname) Merz Apothecary...

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...

as SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz as SPD chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz as CDU/CSU chancellor candidate Hendrik Wüst as CDU/CSU chancellor candidate...

government. In September 2024, the leaders of the CDU and CSU agreed on Friedrich Merz as candidate for chancellor. Minister-President of Bavaria Markus Söder...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

disabilities. Aeffner grew up in Frankfurt. After graduating from the Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium [de] in 1995, Aeffner began studying medicine but had...

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...

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...

SPD and BSW was discussed on the basis of the surveys. CDU chairman Friedrich Merz initially rejected such an alliance, but only wanted to refer to the...

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

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...

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

Internet and Foodora. As of 2016[update], Weidel was a member of the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society. Weidel joined the Alternative for Germany (AfD)...

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...

Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Voigt publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Armin Laschet as the party’s chair. As chairman of the Young...