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Chancellor Angela Merkel
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Chancellor Angela Merkel
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Chancellor Angela Merkel

German, 1954
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Place ActiveBerlin, Germany
Angela Merkel is a German politician who served as Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany for four terms, from November 22, 2005 until December 8, 2021. Merkel was the first woman and the first East German to hold the position. In 2011 President Barack Obama awarded Merkel the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.