A community portal about Angela Merkel with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany. As chairman of the Christian Democratic Union she leads a coalition with its sister party, the Christian Social Union, and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, formed after the...more
A community portal about Angela Merkel with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany. As chairman of the Christian Democratic Union she leads a coalition with its sister party, the Christian Social Union, and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, formed after the 2005 federal election. This position resulted in her becoming the first female to hold the post withstanding government at a major party. Her success helped fuel...
President: Horst Köhler, Christian Wulff, Joachim Gauck, Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Preceded by: Friedrich Merz
Deputy: Michael Glos
Succeeded by: Volker Kauder
Leader: Wolfgang Schäuble
Born: Angela Dorothea Kasner (1954-07-17) 17 July 1954 (age 66) Hamburg, West Germany
Political party: Democratic Awakening (1989–1990), Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (1990), Christian Democratic Union (1990–present)
Spouse(s): Ulrich Merkel(m. 1977; div. 1982), Joachim Sauer (m. 1998)
Residence: Berlin, Germany
Alma mater: Leipzig University (BS), German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (PhD)
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