After 18 years as chairwoman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union and 13 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel surprised the public and her own party colleagues by announcing her intention to withdraw from politics. Angela Merkel’s political position has been greatly weakened and her tenure as the German chancellor is nearing its end. Angela Dorothea Merkel née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician serving as the chancellor of Germany since 2005. The first woman to hold the position, Merkel emerged as one of the strongest forces in … Angela Merkel is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany on November 22, 2005. She served as the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018. And, in an about-face after the disaster at Fukushima in 2011, Mrs Merkel ended the CDU’s long support for nuclear energy with a decision to turn off Germany’s nuclear plants by 2022. epa07128964 (FILE) - The new wax figure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Berlin,†Germany, 19†September 2013 (resiisued 29 October 2018). She will now begin a historic fourth term as Chancellor. Angela Merkel She is known to Germans as 'Mutti' – Mummy – but now Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a rebellion from a woman who, as some have pointed out, could be her daughter. Germany's Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.
Merkel announced that she will stand down as party leader in December 2018 but wants to remain chancellor until the next federal election in 2021. But can she last that long? Angela Merkel will bid farewell to the chancellor's office in Berlin in 2021. Angela Merkel's potential successors as chancellor Jens Spahn, CDU.
The 38-year-old is the youngest and most overtly determined Merkel usurper.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about measures of the German government to avoid further spread of the coronavirus on April 9, 2020 at the chancellery in Berlin. (CNN)Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany after lawmakers voted to re-elect her as leader in a close vote on Wednesday morning. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to resign as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after 18 years at its helm. German chancellor Angela Merkel does not use war imagery when talking about the coronavirus. It is somewhat typical for Merkel that she delivered this statement in an unemotional manner. ANGELA Merkel has announced she is stepping down as Chancellor of Germany and will not seek re-election in 2021. Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union, the most powerful woman in the world, and by some commentators as the "leader of the free world". In fact, she hardly uses any metaphors at all. When the East German regime collapsed, Angela Merkel was already politically engaged, and she would later enter the Bundestag and rise rapidly to the rank of minister under Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Angela Merkel.
This is a start of new epoch in the political life of Germany and Europe as a whole.