Angela Merkel
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| Angela Dorothea Merkel | |
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| Chancellor of Germany | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2005 |
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| President | Horst Köhler (2005-2010) Christian Wulff (2010-2012) Joachim Gauck (2012-present) |
| Deputy | Franz Müntefering (2005-2007) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2007-2009) Guido Westerwelle (2009-2011) Philipp Rösler (2011-present) |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Schröder |
| Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | |
| In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Töpfer |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Trittin |
| Minister for Women and Youth | |
| In office 18 January 1991 – 17 November 1994 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Ursula Lehr |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Nolte |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2 December 1990 |
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| Constituency | Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen |
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| Born | Angela Dorothea Kasner 17 July 1954 Hamburg, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1990–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Awakening (1989–1990) |
| Spouse(s) | Ulrich Merkel (1977–1982) Joachim Sauer (1998–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Profession | Physical chemist |
| Religion | Lutheran[1] |
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Dr. Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954, Hamburg) is a German politician, and has been Chancellor of Germany since 22 November 2005.[2]
She was born in Hamburg, and grew up in the German Democratic Republic where she lived until the Reuniting of Germany in 1990. Merkel is now married to Joachim Sauer, a professor of chemistry. She chairs (is in charge of) the German conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).[3]
Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor on 22 November 2005 in a coalition of the two biggest German political parties CDU/CSU and SPD. After the election 2009 she formed a coalition with FDP.
References [change]
- ↑ Germans can't escape their Lutheran past
- ↑ "Biographie: Angela Merkel". hdg.de. 2010 [last update]. http://www.hdg.de/lemo/html/biografien/MerkelAngela/index.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ↑ "Bundeskanzlerin; Biografie". bundeskanzlerin.de. 2011 [last update]. http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Webs/BK/De/Angela-Merkel/Biografie/biografie.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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