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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- 2024 · Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor as Self
- 2024 · Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Becoming Navalny as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- 2023 · In the Grip of Gazprom as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Merkel as Self
- 2022 · Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Prelúdio as Self
- 2022 · Navalny as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit as Self
- 2021 · Vaccine Diplomacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · BILD LIVE as Self
- 2021 · Die Ära Merkel - Gesichter einer Kanzlerin as Self
- 2021 · Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie as Self
- 2021 · Angela Merkel – Frau Bundeskanzlerin as Self
- 2021 · Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- 2020 · Bild.Macht.Deutschland? as Self
- 2020 · Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Coronavirus, Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Wagenknecht as Self
- 2019 · Laboratory Greece as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Forum as Self
- 2019 · D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 2019 · What Is a Good Tax? as Self
- 2018 · Pope Francis: A Man of His Word as Self (uncredited)
- 2018 · trustWHO as Self
- 2018 · House of Saud: A Family at War as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · François Hollande, le mal-aimé as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power as Self
- 2017 · Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete as Self
- 2016 · When Multinationals Attack Nation States as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Before the Flood as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2015 · Tomorrow as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Great European Disaster Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Laissez-faire as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Agora: From Democracy to the Market as self (archive footage)
- 2014 · The Team as Self
- 2014 · The Godmother as Self
- 2013 · Master of the Universe as Self
- 2013 · Google and the World Brain as Self
- 2012 · Henryk from the Back Row as Self
- 2011 · Mentiras verdaderas as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Günther Jauch as Self
- 2010 · Russian Lessons as Self
- 2010 · Arte Journal as Self
- 2009 · Die PARTEI as Self
- 2007 · ANNE WILL as Self
- 2006 · Germany: A Summer's Fairytale as Self
- 2003 · Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
- 2003 · Vote for Henryk! as Self
- 2003 · Bericht aus Berlin as Self
- 2002 · Gabi Bauer as Self
- 2000 · Koschwitz as Self
- 2000 · Forum Pariser Platz as Self
- 2000 · Münchner Runde as Self
- 2000 · Nano - Die Welt von morgen as Self
- 2000 · Berlin direkt as Self
- 1999 · Maybrit Illner as Self
- 1999 · TV Total as Self
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Ein Herz für Kinder as Self
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1998 · Sabine Christiansen as Self
- 1995 · Halb 12 as Self
- 1995 · Goldene Henne as Self
- 1987 · Le Monde En Face as Self
- 1982 · Menschen as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- 1963 · Zur Person as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self