Dr. Angela Merkel

Chancellor
Germany

Short biography

1954
born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg;
Protestant, married to Prof. Joachim Sauer
1961 - 1971
Polytechnical grammar school in Templin
1973 - 1978
studied physics at the Universitv of Leipzig
1978 - 1990
worked and studied at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences  
1986
gratuated with a doctorate in physics
1989
Member of the movement "Demokratischer Aufbruch"
Since 1990
Member of the CDU, Miember of the Parliament
1990
Deputy spokesperson of the GDR government under Lothar de Maizière

December 1991 - November 1998
Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU
Since June 1993
Chair of the CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
January 18, 1991 - November 17 1994
Minister for Women und Youth
November 17, 1994 - October 26, 1998
Minister for the Environment und Reactor Safety
November 07, 1998 - April 10, 2000
Secretary-General of the CDU 
April 10, 2000
elected Chairwoman of the CDU
Since September 2002
Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Party
May 30, 2005
nominated as candidate for the office of the Chancellor by the CDU/CSU
November 22, 2005
elected Chancellor by the German Bundestag

Patron of the L2L conference