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

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Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005 ... and earned a Ph.D. in quantum chemistry before entering politics in 1990. During her leadership of Germany (and, arguably, the European ...