Angela Merkel
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Merkel under fire as general resigns over Kunduz massacre...that killed dozens of civilians. General Wolfgang Schneiderhan's resignation caps a deeply embarrassing episode for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government over the country's policy in Afghanistan. The 4 September bombing of two oil... In this article: NATO, Kunduz, Angela Merkel, Stanley McChrystal, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Germany, Afghanistan, and Franz Josef Jung |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
German military chief resigns over Afghan air strike
...the military were denying them. Asked about the air strike ahead of a parliamentary debate on the matter, Merkel stopped short of endorsing Jung, a member of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). The strike, ordered by a German...
In this article: Franz Josef Jung, Bundestag, Taliban, NATO, Afghanistan, Germany, and Suicide
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Yahoo! News | November 03, 2009
Obama hails 'extraordinarily strong' ally Germany (AFP)
...Merkel … WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama hailed Germany as a strong ally on Tuesday and paid tribute to the "extraordinary" leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel as she prepared for a rare address to the US Congress. "The...
In this article: Barack Obama, Germany, Agence France Presse, United States, Afghanistan, All rights reserved, Communism, and Climate change
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Merkel moves German family minister to labor job
...of his role when he was defense minister. Von der Leyen, who was reappointed as family minister last month when Merkel won a second term, will take over the ministry at a crucial time. Keeping unemployment under control is one of...
In this article: Franz Josef Jung, Ursula von der Leyen, CDU, Germany, Recession, Unemployment, and FDP
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BBC News | 20 hours ago
German minister resigns over raid
...Germany's general election in September. "I told Chancellor Angela Merkel this morning that I was handing in my position as federal labour minister," Mr Jung told reporters in Berlin on Friday. "I am therefore taking responsibility for...
In this article: Franz Josef Jung, Germany, Afghanistan, Allegation, Bild, Taliban, and NATO
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Angela Merkel's foreign policy headache, Erika Steinbach
...in Meseberg on Wednesday. Steinbach has won the support of the Christian Social Union -- the Bavarian-based sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) -- as well as a sizeable group within the CDU. Yet to the alarm of Germany's...
In this article: Erika Steinbach, Poland, Germany, CDU, FDP, Richard Williamson, World War Two, and Luftwaffe
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - International | 3 days ago
Economic Recovery: German Business Sentiment Returns to Pre-Crisis Levels
...Sebastian Wanke, an economist at Dekabank. Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned in her government statement to parliament on Nov. 10 that the full force of the recession would hit Germany in 2010. So far, short-time working programs have...
In this article: Unemployment, Commerzbank, Europe, Recession, and Citibank
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thestar.com | November 09, 2009
Germany's Merkel was 'speechless' when Berlin Wall fell
...west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification. Chancellor Angela Merkel - reunited Germany's first leader to grow up in the communist east - started the day with President Horst Koehler and other...
In this article: Germany, Walter Momper, French fries, and Lutheran
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Germany attacks Israel settlement plan before visit
The comments, made by Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, coincide with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's first trip to Israel and are in response to Israel's approval last week of plans to build 900 new homes near Jerusalem.
In this article: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Berlin, Mahmoud Abbas, Barack Obama, East Jerusalem, Germany, Israeli cabinet, and Guido Westerwelle
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Angela Dorothea Merkel (; born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany) is the current Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the German Parliament from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 10 April 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary party group from 2002 to 2005. She leads a Grand coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), its Bavarian sister party, and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), formed after the 2005 federal election on 22 November 2005.
In 2007, Merkel was also President of the European Council and chair of the G8. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration. In domestic policy, health care reform and problems concerning future energy development have thus far been the major issues of her tenure.
Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. From 2006 to 2009, Forbes Magazine has named her the most powerful woman in the world., In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8, after Margaret Thatcher.
Chancellor Merkel is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.
In 2008 Merkel received the Charlemagne Prize "for her work to reform the European Union". The prize was presented by Nicolas Sarkozy.
- Birth Date:
- July 17, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Hamburg, Germany
- Religion:
- Lutheranism
- Spouse:
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- Joachim Sauer
- Ulrich Merkel
- University Attended:
- University of Leipzig
- Occupation:
- Physical chemist
- Political party:
- Christian Democratic Union
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