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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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Many of the Syrians in Germany came during the refugee crisis of 2015, when former Chancellor Angela Merkel made the decision not to close the borders to those fleeing the civil war.

From BBC

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

Among the high-profile guests at the CDU party congress for the first time in years will be his predecessor and long-time party rival Angela Merkel.

From Barron's

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused him of trying to turn back the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal

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