Biography
Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU), the most powerful woman in the world, and since 2016 the leader of the free world. Merkel was born in Hamburg in then-West Germany, moving to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected Government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected CDU General Secretary, before becoming the party's first female leader and the first female Leader of the Opposition two years later, in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble.
Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Merkel was the first woman to be elected as Chancellor, and the first Chancellor since reunification to have been raised in the former East Germany. At the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the vote, and Merkel was able to form a coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). At the 2013 federal election, Merkel's CDU won a landslide victory with 41.5% of the vote and formed a second grand coalition with the SPD, after the FDP lost all of its representation in the Bundestag. At the 2017 federal election, Merkel led the CDU to become the largest party for the fourth time; Merkel formed a third grand coalition with the SPD and was sworn in for a joint-record fourth term as Chancellor on 14 March 2018. ..
Filmography
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World (2024)
Becoming Navalny (2024)
In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)
Merkel (2022)
Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble (2022)
Navalny (2022)
Vaccine Diplomacy (2021)
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion (2021)
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära (2021)
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right (2021)
Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law (2021)
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2 (2020)
9 Days at Raqqa (2020)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020)
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
Laboratory Greece (2019)
Europe in Chaos (2019)
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
François Hollande, le mal-aimé (2017)
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady? (2017)
When Multinationals Attack Nation States (2016)
Before the Flood (2016)
Tomorrow (2015)
The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)
Debt Machine (2015)
Laissez-faire (2015)
Agora: From Democracy to the Market (2015)
Mentiras verdaderas (2011)
Halb 12 (1995)
Logo (1989)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1954-07-17 (70 years old)
Birth NameAngela Dorothea Kasner
Birth PlaceHamburg, Germany
ReligionLutheranism
Height1.65-meter
RelationshipsUlrich Merkel (1977-09-03 - 1982-03-01)
SpouseJoachim Sauer
FatherHorst Kasner
MotherHerlind Kasner
SiblingsIrene Kasner, Marcus Kasner
RelativesAdrian Sauer
CitizenshipsGermany
ResidencesBerlin, Germany
Also Known As앙겔라 메르켈, Angela Dorothea Merkel , 安格拉·默克尔
AwardsKnight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Leo-Baeck-Medal, German Leo Baeck Award, Order of Zayed, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Vision for Europe Award, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, Wilhelm Leuschner Medal, Order of Stara Planina, Order of Liberty, German Media Award, Order of Vytautas the Great, Bavarian Order of Merit, Nansen Refugee Award, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, Heinz-Galinski-Award, Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma, Eugen Bolz Prize, Ehrenplakette des Bundes der Vertriebenen, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Eric M. Warburg Award, Order of the Three Stars, Order of Abdulaziz al Saud, Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Time Person of the Year, Charlemagne Prize, Supreme Order of the Renaissance, Order of the Republic, Financial Times Person of the Year, Abraham Geiger Prize, Presidential Medal of Distinction, Robert Schuman Medal, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, Charles V European Award, Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross special issue of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, special issue, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, honorary doctor of Comenius University, honorary doctor of the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, honorary doctor of Johns Hopkins University, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, Decoration for Exceptional Merits, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross, honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University, Honorary doctor at the University of Bern, honorary citizen of Templin, Henry A. Kissinger Prize, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Honorary doctors of Ghent University, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Lucius D. Clay Medal, honorary doctor of Harvard University, honorary doctor of the Leipzig University, Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University
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