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Merkel

British  
/ ˈmɜːkəl /

noun

  1. Angela. born 1954, German politician; chair of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000; chancellor of Germany from 2005 (the first woman to hold the office)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Foreign guests at the gathering included former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi and former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

It was a plan hatched in 2017 by then German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and a freshly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

German officials have repeatedly been targeted, including in 2015 when computers belonging to the Bundestag and the office of then‑chancellor Angela Merkel were breached.

From Barron's Apr. 25, 2026

The team has already used this structural nanomedicine strategy to design SNA vaccines targeting melanoma, triple negative breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer and Merkel cell carcinoma.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

A year earlier, the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, had announced that eight German nuclear power plants would close.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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