Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005, and she held that position until she retired in 2021. She was the first woman to be chancellor and led Germany longer than any ...

Though she was born in Hamburg, Merkel’s Lutheran minister father was shortly thereafter ... Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath of office in Berlin on Nov.

I first encountered Angela Merkel when I was the Eastern European ... was the result of a strict academic upbringing. Her father was a clergyman in the East German provinces and Merkel was a ...

“I am deeply sorry to see Chancellor Angela Merkel leave the political stage ... a 61-year-old artist and father of three from Berlin. “I’m thinking about aliyah,” he added, using ...