The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and ...

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 ...

As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of Germany ... Merkel was born in 1954, when Germany was split into two countries: communist, Soviet-aligned East Germany, where Merkel grew up, and ...

Merkel all but announced that Germany ... And how odd a sentiment for someone who grew up in Communist East Germany, a nightmarish state whose collapse was largely attributable to the Reagan ...

Angela Merkel hired ... of official East German dogma. During the height of the contentious debate over the Reagan administration’s deployment of Pershing missiles in West Germany, Merkel ...

I first encountered Angela Merkel when I was the Eastern European ... first 35 years of her life living in the old communist East Germany, with a provincial accent to prove it.

Nina Hagen and Angela Merkel are both in their mid-60s and from the old East Germany Angela Merkel will not leave office as chancellor of Germany until next week, but on Thursday evening a ...

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

“I am deeply sorry to see Chancellor Angela Merkel leave the political ... The daughter of a Church minister from the former East Germany, Merkel is the European Union’s longest-serving ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages in November, it comes when Europe is facing its most uncertain time.