Germany’s first female chancellor served for 16 years from 2005 to 2021 Fact checked by Michael Rosenston Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Angela Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17 ...

During her time as Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel has shaped the country into one of the most highly reputed ... which is half of what it was when she first became chancellor in 2005. In ...

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany and has been since 2005. Merkel is the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and entered politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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The more things change, well, the more they . . . So it is with the perpetual German resentments of the U.S. Recently German chancellor Angela ... Merkel all but announced that Germany, or for ...

China tries to keep Germany a bright spot in its European relations, as an end to Angela Merkel’s lengthy tenure looms. Like Monday’s summit, Berlin’s regional strategy tinkers around the ...

Angela Merkel, Germany’s first female chancellor, said she will seek a fourth term as the country’s leader in next year’s general election. Photo: Getty Images Home Browse Series Live Q&A ...

The German Democratic Republic, where Angela Merkel grew up ... scientist’s devotion to data. Even after Merkel became Germany’s Chancellor in 2005, and then commanded the world’s fourth ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...

For the past five years Angela Merkel has been ... living in the old communist East Germany, with a provincial accent to prove it. But behind the scenes, Merkel shone. Lothar de Maizière, former ...