German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg in July 1954 and earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Leipzig.
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In November 1989, Merkel joined the opposition Democratic Awakening movement. In 1990, She briefly served as the deputy spokeswoman for the government of conservative Lothar de Maiziere, the last prime minister of East Germany before unification.
In August 1990, Merkel joined Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and was later elected to the federal parliament of the reunified Germany.
She became federal minister for women and youth in 1991 and federal minister for environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety in 1994.
Merkel was secretary general of the CDU from 1998 to 2000, and was elected chairperson in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, she was also chair of the CDU and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) parliamentary coalition.
In November 2005, Merkel became Germany's first female chancellor and was re-elected in October 2009.
In August 1997, Merkel visited China as minister for environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety. As chancellor, She has made five trips to China, and the latest one was in February 2012.
Merkel is married and has no child.
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