Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as the chancellor of Germany since 2005. She served as leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany.

 

Bio
Real Name	Angela Dorothea Merkel
Nickname	Mutti
Profession	German Politician
Party	Democratic Awakening(1989–1990) and Christian Democratic Union (1990–present)
Political Journey	• Merkel stood for election at the 1990 federal election, the first since reunification, and was elected to the Bundestag for the constituency of Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen. • After the Kohl Government lost the election in 1998, Merkel was appointed Secretary-General of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union). • On 30 May 2005, Merkel won the CDU nomination as Chancellor against Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of the SPD in the 2005 national elections. • On 22 November 2005, Merkel assumed the office of Chancellor of Germany.
Biggest Rival	Gerhard Schröder
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 5”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 60 kg in Pounds- 132 lbs
Eye Colour	Blue
Hair Colour	Light Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 July 1954
Age (as in 2018)	64 Years
Birth Place	Hamburg, West Germany
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Nationality	German
Hometown	Templin, Uckermark district of Brandenburg, Germany
School	Not Known
College	Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Educational Qualifications	Doctorate in Physics
Debut	1990
Family	Grandfather- Ludwig Kasner (Policeman) Grandmother- Margarethe Kaźmierczak Father- Horst Kasner Mother- Herlind Kasner Brother- Marcus Kasner Sister- Irene Kasner
Religion	Lutheranism
Address	Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin, Germany
Hobbies	Watching Soccer, Cooking and Baking
Controversies	In Early 2016, the event on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, when groups of foreigners were alleged to have sexually assaulted hundreds of German women, have cast doubts on the Chancellor’s refugee policy.
Favourite Things
Favorite Food	Mettwurst (minced pork sausage) with green cabbage
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Husband	Ulrich Merkel (1977–1982) Joachim Sauer (1998–present)
Children	N/A
Money Factor
Net Worth	$11.5 million

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Angela Merkel

• Does Angela Merkel smoke?: No

• Does Angela Merkel drink Alcohol?: Yes

• Merkel has a polish ancestry from her paternal Grandfather, Ludwig Kasner, a German national of Polish origin from Posen (now Poznań). The family’s original Polish name Kaźmierczak migrated to Kasner, Germany in 1930.

• Religion has played a crucial role in Merkel’s life. Her father was born Catholic but her family eventually converted to Lutheranism and she studied Lutheran theology in Heidelberg and afterwards in Hamburg.

• At her school days, she learned to speak Russian fluently and got many prizes for her proficiency in Russian and Mathematics.

• In 1989, she came into Politics. Merkel got involved in the growing democracy movement after the fall of the Berlin Wall, joining the new party Democratic Awakening.

• In 1990, she joined CDU (Christian Democratic Union), she stood for election at the federal election, the first since reunification, and was elected to the Bundestag for the constituency of Stralsund – Nordvorpommern – Rügen.

• She became the Minister of Environment in 1994 and in 2000; she became the head of CDU.

• She divorced her first Husband Ulrich Merkel in 1982 but kept her first husband surname.

• Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was caught in Slush Fund scandal; she was the first former Kohl ally to publicly break with the man who brought her into the cabinet.