Merkel

British

/ ˈmɜːkəl /

noun

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)

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Compulsory military service in Germany was ended in 2011 under then-chancellor Angela Merkel.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Merz, like his predecessors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, will be joined by business leaders including executives of auto giants Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Twelve years later, it’s Merkel who appears to have been in the wrong century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

In 2024, Jenna Merkel, then a Master's degree student in forensic science at George Washington University, began an internship with von Konrat at the Field Museum.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 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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