Today we are going to talk about Angelo Merkel. German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. Merkel is widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union and the most powerful woman in the world.
Merkel was born in Hamburg and moved to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, and briefly served as a deputy spokesperson for the first democratically elected East German Government headed by Lothar de Maizière in 1990. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and has been reelected ever since. As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as the Federal Minister for Women and Youth in Kohl's government in 1991, and became the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After her party lost the federal election in 1998, Merkel was elected Secretary-General of the CDU before becoming the party's first female leader two years later in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble.
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| Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) |
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| Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) |
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| Angela Merkel With His Husband |
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| Angela Merkel In His Childhood |
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| Angela Merkel In His Childhood |
| Biography | |
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| Real Name/Full Name | Angela Dorothea Merkel |
| Nick Name | Mutti |
| Profession | Chancellor of Germany and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union(CDU) |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet inches- 5’ 5” |
| Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 60 kg in pounds- 132 lbs |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Hair Colour | Light Brown |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | July 17, 1954 |
| Age (as in 2017) | 63 Years |
| Birth Place | Hamburg, West Germany |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | German |
| Hometown | Hamburg, Germany |
| School | Not Known |
| College | Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany |
| Educational Qualification | Degree in Physics and Ph.D. in Quantum Chemistry. |
| Debut | 1990 |
| Family | Grand Father- Ludwig Kasner (Policeman) Grand Mother- Margarethe Kaźmierczak Father- Horst Kasner Mother- Herlind Kasner Brother- Marcus Kasner Sister- Irene Kasner |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
| Hobbies | Travelling, Watching Soccer, Cooking and Baking |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favourite Food | Mettwurst (minced pork sausage) with green cabbage |
| Boys, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Affairs/Boyfriends | Not Known |
| Husband/Spouse | Ulrich Merkel (1977–1982) Joachim Sauer (1998–present) |
| Children | N/A |
Some Amazing Facts About Angela Merkel
- Merkel is reportedly a very good cook and she has been spotted shopping for groceries at regular supermarkets.
- Merkel starts the day with breakfast. According to TIME and Der Spiegel, she once told ex-Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan that she eats breakfast with her husband Joachim Sauer every morning..
- She is afraid of dogs after she was bitten by one in 1995.
- Merkel loves football and she frequently visits the German soccer team’s locker rooms to congratulate them.
- Markel is a passionate gardener, and she like to grow vegetables in there garden," she says. "It's not much but it is enough for an occasional meal."
- Merkel worked as a bartender at disco parties in college.
- She has a degree in physics and Ph.D. in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989.
- Some of her signature dishes are potato soup, beef loaf and plum cake.
- Merkel has a polish ancestry from her paternal Grandfather, Ludwig Kasner, a German national of Polish origin from Posen (now Poznań). The family’s original Polish name Kaźmierczak migrated to Kasner, Germany in 1930.
- Religion has played a crucial role in Merkel’s life. Her father was born Catholic but her family eventually converted to Lutheranism and she studied Lutheran theology in Heidelberg and afterwards in Hamburg.
- At her school days, she learned to speak Russian fluently and got many prizes for her proficiency in Russian and Mathematics.
- In 1989, she came into Politics. Merkel got involved in the growing democracy movement after the fall of the Berlin Wall, joining the new party Democratic Awakening.
- In 1990, she joined CDU (Christian Democratic Union), she stood for election at the federal election, the first since reunification, and was elected to the Bundestag for the constituency of Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen.
- She became the Minister of Environment in 1994 and in 2000; she became the head of CDU.
- She divorced her first Husband Ulrich Merkel in 1982 but kept her first husband surname.
- Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was caught in Slush Fund scandal; she was the first former Kohl ally to publicly break with the man who brought her into the cabinet.
- In November 2015, Forbes magazine ranked Mrs. Merkel the second most powerful person in the world – the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman – and later that year she was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year”, citing her role in Europe’s crises over migration and Greek debt.
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| Time magazine's Person of the year |
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