Angela Merkel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, Germany
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 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. ...
Known For
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Filmography
Das Erbe von 9/11 – Deutschland nach den Anschlägen
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
Right-Wing Extremism: The New Terrorist Threat
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Mesut Özil – Among Friends
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Willem-Alexander & Máxima
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Rebel with a Bow Tie
Movie · as Self
10 Jahre danach: Geflüchtete im Gespräch mit Angela Merkel
Movie · as self
The Rise of Germany's New Right
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Navalny
Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel - Freiheit
Movie · as Angela Merkel
The Billions of Others
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lula
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
TV · as Self · 6 eps
In the Grip of Gazprom
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
Movie · as Self
Navalny
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Merkel
Movie · as Self
Prelúdio
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel im Gespräch
Movie · as Angela Merkel
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vaccine Diplomacy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law
Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie
Movie · as Self
Die Ära Merkel - Gesichter einer Kanzlerin
Movie · as Self
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel – Frau Bundeskanzlerin
TV · as Self · 5 eps
BILD LIVE
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wagenknecht
Movie · as Self
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coronavirus, Explained
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Bild.Macht.Deutschland?
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Eine Stunde ZEIT
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Laboratory Greece
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
What Is a Good Tax?
Movie · as Self
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Movie · as Self
The Forum
Movie · as Self
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
trustWHO
Movie · as Self
Julius
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Day Eight
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
House of Saud: A Family at War
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Movie · as Self
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drei Tage im September: Die Flüchtlingsentscheidung
Movie
Klartext
TV · as Self · 1 ep
When Multinationals Attack Nation States
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Before the Flood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete
Movie · as Self
Emigratis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Laissez-faire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Agora: From Democracy to the Market
Movie · as self (archive footage)
The Great European Disaster Movie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
300 Worte Deutsch
Movie · as Angela Merkel
In Their Own Words
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Godmother
Movie · as Self
The Team
Movie · as Self
Master of the Universe
Movie · as Self
Google and the World Brain
Movie · as Self
Henryk from the Back Row
Movie · as Self
Schleswig-Holstein Magazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mentiras verdaderas
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Günther Jauch
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Russian Lessons
Movie · as Self
Arte Journal
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Farbe bekennen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die PARTEI
Movie · as Self
ANNE WILL
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
Movie · as Self
Vote for Henryk!
Movie · as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bericht aus Berlin
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Gabi Bauer
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Berlin direkt
TV · as Self · 20 eps
Forum Pariser Platz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Münchner Runde
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Koschwitz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nano - Die Welt von morgen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
TV total
TV · as Self · 1 ep
maybrit illner
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Beckmann
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sabine Christiansen
TV · as Self · 24 eps
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ein Herz für Kinder
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Was Nun?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Goldene Henne
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Halb 12
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Eisenbahn-Romantik
TV · as Self - Bundeskanzlerin · 1 ep
The World in Front
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Menschen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zur Person
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 2 eps