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 ...

SARAH MCCAMMON: It seems as though Angela Merkel has been the leader of Germany forever, and in fact, she's governed the country for close to a generation. But when the most powerful woman in the ...

Angela Merkel's new biographer Matthew Qvortrup joins Jane to reflect on how the German Chancellor's early life shaped her politics and her response to the refugee crisis in Europe. Recent statistics ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - When Angela Merkel was growing up in communist East Germany, she recalls her parents getting nervous whenever she talked for too long on the phone. "Hang up! The Stasi is listening ...