Longtime conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel has rarely appeared in public and even more rarely commented on politics since ...

Angela Merkel was elected chancellor of Germany on November 22, 2005, becoming the first woman to hold that job. In many ways ...

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel received her nation's highest honor Monday – becoming only the third leader to claim the award. Merkel received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit from ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Germany's established political parties not to allow themselves to be led ...

Other Facts:Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl sometimes referred to her as "the girl." She is a trained physicist. Timeline:1978-1990 - Research associate at Zentralinstitut fur Physikalische Chemie in ...

Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel stepped down on Wednesday after 16 years in power, and Olaf Scholz took the helm as the next leader of Europe's biggest economy. President Frank-Walter ...

Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is about to leave her post as leader of Europe's biggest economy after 16 years in power. Just a few months ago, the race to succeed her looked over before it ...

There are few world leaders who can claim to have worked closely with four U.S. presidents. But Chancellor Angela Merkel can. She is the only woman to ever lead Germany, and her 16-year tenure as ...

Angela Merkel has been Chancellor of Germany for 16 years. She will visit the White House Thursday for the last time as the country’s leader because she is stepping down in September. I was with ...

A decade on, Angela Merkel’s immigration disaster has created a right-wing surge. By Bret Stephens Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany spoke rarely but reverently, and found a warm reception in the ...

MUNICH — She leaves a void in her wake. After 16 years beset by crises and critics, Angela Merkel, arguably the world’s most powerful woman, is stepping down from the world stage. On Sunday, Germany ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after a 16-year tenure, nearly beat her mentor, former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, for the longest run in office. Kohl served as chancellor during ...