Angela Merkel
Biography
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 Governme...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Tomorrow
2015
Before the Flood
2016
Navalny
2022
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Prelúdio
2022
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
2018
Laissez-faire
2015
Laboratory Greece
2019
Merkel
2022
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
2019
The Forum
2019
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
2021
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
2024
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
2006
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2
2020
trustWHO
2018
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
2022
Vaccine Diplomacy
2021
In the Grip of Gazprom
2023
White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement
2024
Master of the Universe
2013
Google and the World Brain
2013
The Team
2014
Die PARTEI
2009
Julius
2018
Russian Lessons
2010
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
2017
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära
2021
The Billions of Others
2024
Becoming Navalny
2024
Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete
2016
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
2017
Rebel with a Bow Tie
2025
The Great European Disaster Movie
2015
The Queen and the Prime Ministers
2024
Vote for Henryk!
2003
Agora: From Democracy to the Market
2015
The Rise of Germany’s New Right
2025
When Multinationals Attack Nation States
2016