Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office.

Jan 17, 2025 · Angela Merkel (born July 17, 1954, Hamburg, West Germany) is a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold that office and the second longest-serving chancellor in German history.

Jul 17, 2024 · Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel has been retired for around two and a half years. Now, the pollster YouGov surveyed a representative sample of 2,300 people in Germany. Sixty-one...

22 hours ago · BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules that only passed with the help of a far-right party.. Germany’s center-left governing parties have cast doubt on whether ...

Angela Dorothea Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg) is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 22 November 2005 [1] to 8 December 2021. She was born in Hamburg, at the time part of West Germany, and grew up in the former German Democratic Republic, where she lived until the reuniting of Germany in 1990.

Jul 17, 2024 · The first election victory – in 2005 the Bundestag elected Angela Merkel to be the first female chancellor in Germany’s history. She was sworn into office by Bundestag President Norbert Lammert on 22 November.

Apr 2, 2014 · Angela Merkel is a German politician best known as the first female chancellor of Germany and one of the architects of the European Union. (1954-) Who Is Angela Merkel? Angela Dorothea...

Nov 26, 2024 · Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years. Along the way, she worked with four U.S. presidents - George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Merkel stepped down...

Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office. Her CV traces the most important milestones on her way to taking this office.

Sep 24, 2021 · Tucked away in the small town of Templin, just north of Berlin in East Germany, Merkel grew up surrounded by picturesque forests and glacial lakes. Divided from the West and with a troubled economy, her childhood in GDR wasn't always idyllic. It was common to see people lining up in long queues for food and other goods.