Chancellor of Germany
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The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of government of Germany. The chancellor is elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the
2024 08 21 Friedrich Merz in Erfurt 2024 STP 3041 by Stepro
Former Governing Mayor of Berlin, then Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Chancellor Willy Brandt (served 1969–1974), speaking at his Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) meeting in Dortmund (1983)
The cabinet bench in the Reichstag building (to the left of the flag) with the raised seat of the chancellor in the front row
Lars Klingbeil, the current Vice Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel
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Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German stateswoman and retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office and the only former East Germ
Chancellor of Germany
…state of defence declared by the Bundestag the chancellor also assumes the position of commander-in-chief of the Bundeswehr. Ten people (nine men and one woman) have served as chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, the first being Konrad Adenauer from 1949 to 1963. (Another 26 men had served as "Reich…
Merkel in 2019
Merkel's paternal grandparents when engaged: Margarethe and her betrothed, Ludwik Marian Kaźmierczak, in his Polish Blue Army uniform
Lothar de Maizière and Merkel, 1990
Merkel in a CDU campaign poster, 1995