Angela Merkel is a German politician who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union party since 2000, making her the first woman to hold both positions. She was born in 1954 as Angela Dorothea Kasner and has a background in research science before entering politics.

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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈ eˈla do oˈteˈa ˈmʁ
ʁ
ɛ
] ( listen); née Kasner; born 17
July 1954) is a German politician and former research scientist who has been the Chancellor of Germany since
2005, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either
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office.