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 was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17, 1954, in Hamburg, which was then part of West Germany. Her father, Horst Kasner, was a Lutheran pastor, and her mother was a teacher of ...

Angela Merkel celebrates her 65th birthday on Wednesday, but despite speculation about her health she intends to stay chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021. A series of severe ...