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Angela Merkel
is

As of April 12, 2026

71 years old
8 months!

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Angela Merkel
Merkel in 2019
Chancellor of Germany
In office 22 November 2005 – 8 December 2021
President	Horst Köhler Jens Böhrnsen (acting) Christian Wulff Horst Seehofer (acting) Joachim Gauck Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Vice Chancellor	See list Franz Müntefering Frank-Walter Steinmeier Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler Sigmar Gabriel Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Gerhard Schröder
Succeeded by	Olaf Scholz
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office 10 April 2000 – 7 December 2018
General Secretary	See list Ruprecht Polenz Laurenz Meyer Volker Kauder Ronald Pofalla Hermann Gröhe Peter Tauber Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Deputy	See list Volker Bouffier Christian Wulff Ursula von der Leyen Annette Schavan Julia Klöckner Norbert Röttgen Armin Laschet Thomas Strobl
Preceded by	Wolfgang Schäuble
Succeeded by	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Leader of the Opposition
In office 22 September 2002 – 22 November 2005
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Preceded by	Friedrich Merz
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Gerhardt
Leader of the CDU/CSU in the Bundestag
In office 22 September 2002 – 21 November 2005
First Deputy	Michael Glos
Chief Whip	Volker Kauder Norbert Röttgen
Preceded by	Friedrich Merz
Succeeded by	Volker Kauder
Early federal, state politics 1991‍–‍2000 General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union In office 7 November 1998 – 10 April 2000 Leader Wolfgang Schäuble Preceded by Peter Hintze Succeeded by Ruprecht Polenz Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern In office June 1993 – 20 May 2000 General Secretary Klaus Preschle Hubert Gehring Preceded by Günther Krause Succeeded by Steffie Schnoor Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 Chancellor Helmut Kohl Preceded by Klaus Töpfer Succeeded by Jürgen Trittin Minister for Women and Youth In office 18 January 1991 – 17 November 1994 Chancellor Helmut Kohl Preceded by Ursula Lehr Succeeded by Claudia Nolte
Member of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In office 20 December 1990 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Anna Kassautzki
Constituency	Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen (1990–2002) Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen (2002–2013) Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I (2013–2021)
Personal details
Born	Angela Dorothea Kasner (1954-07-17) 17 July 1954 (age 71) Hamburg, West Germany
Party	Christian Democratic Union (since 1990)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democratic Union (East Germany, 1990) Democratic Awakening (1989–1990)
Spouses	Ulrich Merkel ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1982)​ Joachim Sauer ​ (m. 1998)​
Alma mater	Leipzig University (BS) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (Dr. rer. nat.)
Awards	Full list
Signature
Website	Official website
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum chemistry
Thesis	Study of the mechanism of decay reactions with single bond rupture and calculation of their rate constants based on quantum chemical and statistical methods (1986)
Doctoral advisor	Lutz Zülicke [de]
Merkel's voice Merkel's speech at an election rally for the 2009 federal election Recorded 4 September 2009

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