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Angela Merkel
Born July 17, 1954 (71 years)
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. ...
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. ...
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Rebel with a Bow Tie · as Self |
| 2024 | Democracy Noir · as Self |
| 2024 | Angela Merkel - Schicksalsjahre einer Kanzlerin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Die Milliarden der Anderen · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Putins Bären - Die gefährlichsten Hacker der Welt · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Becoming Navalny · as Self - Politician (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | A Real Hero · as Self |
| 2023 | Projekt Ballhausplatz · as Self |
| 2023 | Climate Changers · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | France-Allemagne, un couple en thérapie · as Self |
| 2022 | Contactus · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Let's Do This Differently · as Self |
| 2022 | Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard · as Self |
| 2022 | The Big Reset · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 2022 | Zukunft der Atomenergie · as Self |
| 2022 | Prelúdio · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush · as Self |
| 2022 | Navalny · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit · as Self |
| 2021 | War in Europe - Drama in Ukraine · as Self |
| 2021 | Im Maschinenraum der Klimapolitik · as Self |
| 2021 | The Man Putin Couldn't Kill · as Self |
| 2021 | Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | L'Arc de Triomphe - Passion d'une Nation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Die Unbeugsamen · as Self |
| 2021 | Bild Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Angela Merkel - Chancellor of Germany (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Viral · as Self |
| 2021 | Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law · as Self - Politician (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | CORONAfilm - prologue · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Bild.Macht.Deutschland? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Handelskriege im Spiegel der Geschichte · as Self |
| 2020 | Atomkraft Forever · as Self |
| 2020 | 9 Days in Raqqa · as Self - Chancelière De L République Fédérale Allemande |
| 2020 | Oeconomia · as Self |
| 2020 | Whose Vote Counts, Explained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Another Round · as Self |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Wagenknecht · as Self |
| 2019 | The Forum · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Juliusz · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Pope Francis: A Man of His Word · as Self (uncredited) |
| 2018 | System Error · as Self |
| 2018 | Miroporyadok-2018 · as Self |
| 2018 | House of Saud: A Family at War (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Inside the Russian Info War Machine · as Self |
| 2017 | Family Shots · as Self |
| 2017 | Sécurité nucléaire: le grand mensonge · as Self |
| 2017 | Europe at Sea · as Self |
| 2017 | Thank You for the Rain · as Self |
| 2017 | François Hollande, le mal-aimé · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power · as Self |
| 2017 | The Putin Interviews (TV Series) · as Self - Chancellor Of Germany |
| 2017 | Let There Be Light · as Self |
| 2017 | Attraction · as Self |
| 2016 | TrustWho · as Self |
| 2016 | Putin: The New Empire · as Self - Chancellor Of Germany |
| 2016 | Angela Merkel - Die Unerwartete · as Self |
| 2016 | Before the Flood · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Our Queen at Ninety · as Self |
| 2016 | Emigratis (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | The Circus (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Miroporyadok · as Self |
| 2015 | Tomorrow · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Look Who's Back · as Self |
| 2015 | Heil · as Self |
| 2015 | The Great European Disaster Movie · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | 50 Jahre Jugend forscht - Der Jubiläumsfilm · as Self - Bundeskanzlerin |
| 2014 | Agora: From Democracy to the Market · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Of Girls and Horses · as Self |
| 2014 | The Team · as Self |
| 2014 | Sacrée croissance! · as Self |
| 2014 | Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot · as Self |
| 2014 | Irre sind männlich · as Self |
| 2013 | 300 Worte Deutsch · as Self |
| 2013 | Master of the Universe · as Self |
| 2013 | Sonneborn rettet die Welt (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Tysk valg for Europa · as Self |
| 2013 | New Day (TV Series) · as Self - Bundeskanzlerin |
| 2013 | Google and the World Brain · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Herr Wichmann aus der dritten Reihe · as Self |
| 2011 | Günther Jauch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Almanya: Welcome to Germany · as Self |
| 2011 | The System · as Self |
| 2010 | Entweder Broder - Die Deutschland-Safari (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Russian Lessons · as Self |
| 2010 | Sky Midnight News (TV Series) · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 2010 | Paul Murray Live (TV Series) · as Self - Chancellor Of Germany |
| 2009 | Die PARTEI · as Self |
| 2009 | The Referees · as Self |
| 2009 | In Berlin · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The World in Front (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Anne Will (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The Spirit of Money · as Self |
| 2006 | Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen · as Self |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (TV Series) · as Self - Bundeskanzlerin |
| 2003 | Unsere Besten (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Menschen bei Maischberger (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1999 | Berlin Mitte (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | TV Total (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Beckmann (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Sabine Christiansen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Railway Romance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Lateline (TV Series) · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 1989 | Sky World News (TV Series) · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 1988 | logo! Die Welt und ich. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | RTL aktuell (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Dateline (AU) (TV Series) · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 1984 | BBC News at Six (TV Series) · as Self - Former German Chancellor |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | heute journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Tagesthemen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | 3nach9 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | News at Ten (TV Series) · as Self - German Chancellor |
| 1963 | Zur Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Tagesschau (TV Series) · as Self |