Angela Merkel

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Chancellor of Germany human physicist politician

Angela Merkel is a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and became one of the most influential leaders in Europe and the world.

Aliases (2)

Merkel ×4
Angela Dorothea Merkel ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chancellor of Germany → human → physicist → politician →
academicDegree	Doctorate in quantum chemistry →
almaMater	University of Leipzig →
awardReceived	Charlemagne Prize → Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthName	Angela Dorothea Kasner →
citizenship	Germany →
constituencyRepresented	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern →
countryOfBirth	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1954-07-17 →
denomination	Evangelical Church in Germany →
doctoralAdvisor	Lutz Zülicke →
familyName	Kasner → Merkel →
fieldOfStudy	physics →
gender	female →
givenName	Angela →
ideology	Christian democracy → pro-Europeanism →
knownFor	consensus-oriented leadership style → first female Chancellor of Germany → leading the European Union during the Eurozone crisis → refugee policy during the European migrant crisis →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Christian Democratic Union of Germany →
middleName	Dorothea →
name	Angela Merkel →
nationality	German →
notableEvent	oversaw German reunification process as politician in unified Germany →
occupation	politician → scientist →
officeEnd	Chancellor of Germany:2021-12-08 →
officeStart	Chancellor of Germany:2005-11-22 →
parliamentaryBody	Bundestag →
placeOfBirth	Hamburg →
politicalParty	Christian Democratic Union of Germany →
positionHeld	Chancellor of Germany → Federal Minister for Women and Youth → Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety → Leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany → Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag →
precededBy	Gerhard Schröder →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Berlin →
spouse	Joachim Sauer → Ulrich Merkel →
succeededBy	Olaf Scholz →
timePeriodOfActivity	21st century →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charlemagne Prize → Glamour Woman of the Year → Karlspreis → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Order of the Aztec Eagle → Seoul Peace Prize → Time Person of the Year →	notableRecipient
Angela Merkel ("Merkel") → Angela Merkel ("Merkel") →	familyName
Joachim Sauer → Ulrich Merkel →	spouse
Kasner →	bearer
Angela Dorothea Kasner →	birthNameOf
Horst Kasner →	child
Horst Seehofer →	coalitionPartnerOf
Hard Choices →	describesPerson
Christian Democratic Union of Germany →	hasChancellor
Dorothea →	hasMiddleNameOf
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women →	hasNotableListMember
Four Freedoms Award →	hasRecipient
Angela Merkel ("Merkel") →	hasSurname
Merkle ("Merkel") →	hasVariant
Dorothea ("Angela Dorothea Merkel") →	isMiddleNameOf
Angela Merkel →	name
University of Leipzig →	notableAlumnus
Time 100 Most Influential People →	notableHonoree
Quadriga award →	notableLaureate
Christian Democratic Union of Germany →	notableLeader
Chancellor of Germany →	officeHoldersInclude
Olaf Scholz →	precededBy
Horst Kasner →	relative
Gerhard Schröder →	replacedBy
Horst Seehofer →	servedInCabinetOf
Kasner →	usedBy