Angela Merkel
German stateswoman and former chancellor
Angela Merkel held the office of German chancellor from 2005 until 2021. Her book Freedom is in the BookBits catalog.
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German Born 1954 in Elim hospital, Germany
About Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg on 17 July 1954. While she was still a baby, her family relocated to East Germany. She gained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and did research as a scientist until 1989, when she entered politics. After German reunification she was elected to the Bundestag, and she later led the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018. No other woman has been chancellor of Germany.