Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU), the most powerful woman in the world, and since 2016 the leader of the free world. Merkel was born in Hamburg in then-West Germany, moving to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected Government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected CDU General Secretary, before becoming the party's first female leader and the first female Leader of the Opposition two years later, in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble.
Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Merkel was the first woman to be elected as Chancellor, and the first Chancellor since reunification to have been raised in the former East Germany. At the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the vote, and Merkel was able to form a coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). At the 2013 federal election, Merkel's CDU won a landslide victory with 41.5% of the vote and formed a second grand coalition with the SPD, after the FDP lost all of its representation in the Bundestag. At the 2017 federal election, Merkel led the CDU to become the largest party for the fourth time; Merkel formed a third grand coalition with the SPD and was sworn in for a joint-record fourth term as Chancellor on 14 March 2018. ...
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Filme (55)
Das Erbe von 9/11 – Deutschland nach den Anschlägen
2026 · Self (Archive Footage)
The Rise of Germany's New Right
2025 · Self (archive footage)
10 Jahre danach: Geflüchtete im Gespräch mit Angela Merkel
2025 · self
Rebel with a Bow Tie
2025 · Self
Angela Merkel - Freiheit
2024 · Angela Merkel
White Power: Europas Rechtsextreme
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Lula
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Billions of Others
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Becoming Navalny
2024 · Self - Politician (archive footage)
In the Grip of Gazprom
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Merkel
2022 · Self
Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Prelúdio
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel im Gespräch
2022 · Angela Merkel
Nawalny
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
2022 · Self
Impfstoff-Diplomatie: Geopolitik in Zeiten der Pandemie
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Der Pariser Triumphbogen - Herz einer Nation
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Die Ära Merkel - Gesichter einer Kanzlerin
2021 · Self
Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie
2021 · Self
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law
2021 · Self - Politician (archive footage)
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Wagenknecht
2020 · Self
Laboratory Greece
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Forum
2019 · Self
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
2019 · Self
What Is a Good Tax?
2019 · Self
Julius
2018 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Papst Franziskus: Ein Mann seines Wortes
2018 · Self (uncredited)
On Day Eight
2018 · Self (archive footage)
trustWHO
2018 · Self
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Immer noch eine unbequeme Wahrheit - Unsere Zeit läuft
2017 · Self
Drei Tage im September: Die Flüchtlingsentscheidung
2017
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
2017 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete
2016 · Self
When Multinationals Attack Nation States
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Antes que sea tarde
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow - Die Welt ist voller Lösungen
2015 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
EU: Kurz vor dem Crash?
2015 · Self (archive footage)
300 Worte Deutsch
2015 · Angela Merkel
Laissez-faire
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Agora: From Democracy to the Market
2015 · self (archive footage)
The Team
2014 · Self
The Godmother
2014 · Self
Master of the Universe
2013 · Self
Google und die Macht des Wissens
2013 · Self
Henryk from the Back Row
2012 · Self
Russian Lessons
2010 · Self
Die PARTEI
2009 · Self
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
2006 · Self
Vote for Henryk!
2003 · Self
Serien (44)
Mesut Özil – Among Friends
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Unterschätzt - Die rechte Terrorgefahr
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Willem-Alexander & Máxima
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
2024 · Self
BILD LIVE
2021 · Self
Angela Merkel – Frau Bundeskanzlerin
2021 · Self
Bild.Macht.Deutschland?
2020 · Self
Explained: US-Wahlen
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Eine Stunde ZEIT
2020 · Self
Coronavirus, en pocas palabras
2020 · Self (archive footage)
House of Saud: A Family at War
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Klartext
2017 · Self
Emigratis
2016 · Self
In Their Own Words
2015 · Self
Schleswig-Holstein Magazin
2012 · Self
Mentiras verdaderas
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Günther Jauch
2011 · Self
Farbe bekennen
2010 · Self
Arte Journal
2010 · Self
ANNE WILL
2007 · Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
Bericht aus Berlin
2003 · Self
Gabi Bauer
2002 · Self
Koschwitz
2000 · Self
Forum Pariser Platz
2000 · Self
Münchner Runde
2000 · Self
Nano - Die Welt von morgen
2000 · Self
Berlin direkt
2000 · Self
maybrit illner
1999 · Self
TV total
1999 · Self
Beckmann
1999 · Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998 · Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Was Nun?
1997 · Self
Halb 12
1995 · Self
Goldene Henne
1995 · Self
Eisenbahn-Romantik
1991 · Self - Bundeskanzlerin
The World in Front
1987 · Self
Menschen
1982 · Self
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
3 nach 9
1974 · Self
Zur Person
1963 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self