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Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany :
Angela Dorothea Merkel: Born 17 July 1954 is the Chancellor of Germany and Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany.
A physical chemist by professional background, Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989 and briefly served as the deputy spokesperson for Lothar de Maizière's democratically elected East German government prior to the German reunification. Following reunification in 1990, she was elected to the Bundestag, where she has represented the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since. She served as Federal Minister for Women and Youth 1991–1994 and as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1994–1998 in Helmut Kohl's fourth and fifth cabinets. She was Secretary General of the CDU 1998–2000, and was elected chairperson in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, she was also chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary coalition.
After her election as Chancellor following the 2005 federal election, she led a grand coalition consisting of her own CDU party, its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), until 2009. In the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the votes, and formed a coalition government with the CSU and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP).
In 2007, Merkel was President of the European Council and chaired the G8, the second woman (after Margaret Thatcher) to do so. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration. One of her priorities was also to strengthen transatlantic economic relations by signing the agreement for the Transatlantic Economic Council on 30 April 2007. Merkel is seen as playing a crucial role in managing the financial crisis at the European and international level, and has been referred to as "the decider."In domestic policy, health care reform and problems concerning future energy development have been major issues of her tenure.
Angela Merkel has for several years been described as the world’s most powerful woman and as "the de facto leader of the European Union".
| Chancellor of Germany | |
|---|---|
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2005 | |
| President | Horst Köhler Christian Wulff Joachim Gauck |
| Deputy | Franz Müntefering Frank-Walter Steinmeier Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler |
| Preceded by | Gerhard Schröder |
| Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | |
| In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Töpfer |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Trittin |
| Minister of Women and Youth | |
| In office 18 January 1991 – 17 November 1994 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Ursula Lehr |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Nolte |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2 December 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Constituency | Stralsund-Nordvorpommern- Rügen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Dorothea Kasner 17 July 1954 Hamburg, West Germany (now 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 |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| Signature |  |
Personal life:
In 1977, Angela Kasner married physics student Ulrich Merkel. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982. Her second and current husband is quantum chemist and professor Joachim Sauer, who has largely remained out of the media spotlight. They first met in 1981, became partners later and married privately on 30 December 1998.She has no children, but Sauer has two adult sons from a previous marriage.
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