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Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel bei einer Pressekonferenz am 21. Januar 2021 in Berlin. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel bei einer Pressekonferenz am 21. Januar 2021 in Berlin. © Stefan Boness/IPON/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Angela Merkel (geb. Kasner)

Physicist, Federal Minister, Chairwoman of the CDU, Federal Chancellor Dr. rer. nat., Dr. h. c. July 17, 1954 Hamburg
by Hanns Jürgen Küsters, Michael Borchard
Angela Merkel headed the CDU for 18 years; only Helmut Kohl held the office of CDU federal chairman longer than her. She was elected Federal Chancellor in 2005 and held this office until 2021.

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Curriculum vitae

  • 1973 Completes secondary education (Abitur)
  • 1973–1978 Student of physics in Leipzig
  • 1978 First degree in physics (Diplom)
  • 1978–1990 Research associate at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin
  • 1986 Doctoral degree
  • 1989 Member of Demokratischer Aufbruch (Democratic Awakening)
  • 1990 Joins the CDU
  • 1990 Deputy government spokeswoman of the GDR government under Lothar de Maizière
  • 1990–2021: Member of the Bundestag
  • 1991–1998 Deputy chairwoman of the CDU
  • 1991–1994 Federal Minister for Women and Children
  • 1992–1993 Chairwoman of the Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU
  • 1993–2000 Chairwoman of the CDU in the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
  • 1994–1998 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
  • 1998–2000 General secretary of the CDU
  • 2000–2018 Chairwoman of the CDU
  • 2002–2005 Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
  • 2005–2021 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

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