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    Angela Merkel - Wikipedia

    Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German retired politician and chemist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office. She previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. … See more

    Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner in 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany, the daughter of Horst Kasner (1926–2011; né Kaźmierczak), a Lutheran pastor and a native of Berlin, and … See more

    Merkel continued her education at Karl Marx University, Leipzig, where she studied physics from 1973 to 1978. While a student, she … See more

    2005–2009: First CDU–SPD grand coalition
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    On 30 May 2005, Merkel won the CDU/CSU … See more

    Immigration, refugees and migration
    In October 2010, Merkel told a meeting of younger members of her conservative Christian … See more

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    1989–1990: German reunification
    The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 served as the catalyst for Merkel's political career. Although she did not participate in the … See more

    On 31 January 2022, less than two months after she left office, her long-time rival Friedrich Merz, who she beat in 2002 to become See more

    Merkel has been criticised for being personally present and involved at the M100 Media Award handover to Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who had triggered the See more

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