Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005, and she held that position until she retired in 2021. She was the first ...

Angela Merkel hired no fewer than eight English language translators to work on the German text of her new autobiography, ...

"In 2005, 2006 [they] were a goal of everyone in Europe, not only a goal of Angela Merkel." Under Mrs Merkel, Germany and its energy-hungry big industries became dependent on Moscow. Germany built ...

Ronny Hartmann / Getty Images Angela Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17, 1954) was chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the office and the second ...

Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath of office in Berlin on Nov. 22, 2005. (Jockel Finck/AP) If this is an accurate recounting of her personal feelings at the time ...

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I first encountered Angela Merkel when I was the Eastern European ... in 2002 but was out-manoeuvred by a rival. Undeterred, by 2005 she’d seized the nomination and serious power was within ...