Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure as Germany’s chancellor formally ended Wednesday with the 67-year-old fist-bumping successor Olaf Scholz following the official handover ceremony. Earlier Wednesday, ...

Germany’s first female chancellor served for 16 years from 2005 to 2021 Fact checked by Michael Rosenston Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Angela Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17, 1954) ...

Angela Merkel’s government was preparing to train Russian troops at a series of state-of-the-art military facilities right up ...

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Olaf Scholz was sworn in as German chancellor on Wednesday. This ends Angela Merkel's 16-year run as leader of the country. Merkel became known as the world's most powerful woman and the de facto ...

EXCEPTIONS PROVE who rules. In the summer of 2015 Angela Merkel suspended the EU’s asylum rules and allowed 1m people into Germany, in the most controversial decision of her tenure. Rather than being ...

We met former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a fitting place for her: the museum in Berlin dedicated to the Wall, that great symbol of the Cold War division between East and West. Parts of the ...

Contemplative Angela Merkel (undated photo). Follow Merkel's meteoric rise from pastor's daughter to Time Person of the Year. As a young woman emerging from East Germany, she successfully navigated ...

Angela Merkel's memoir, Freedom: Memories 1954-2021, released on November 26, 2024, reflects on her 16 years as German Chancellor. The book explores her interactions with world leaders like Russian ...

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