German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in front of her election-campaign tour bus before a meeting in Berlin on September 16, 2013. ... Merkel's childhood was shaped by the Stasi, or secret police.

Excerpts from Angela Merkel's soon-to-be-published autobiography cover everything from growing up in a dictatorship to the conflict in Ukraine. A look at the key quotes.

Much of her steely tenacity and reserve can be ascribed to her unusual childhood. Merkel, who was born Angela Kasner on July 17, 1954, in Hamburg, traveled a few months later with her mother ...

The new film “Merkel” valiantly attempts to paint a portrait of Angela Merkel, from her childhood in the former DDR (East Germany) to the most momentous days of her political career.

In this file photo taken on August 26, 2015 German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a visit to a shelter for asylum-seekers in Heidenau, eastern Germany. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP ...

Angela Merkel Biography. Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in front of her election-campaign tour bus before a meeting in Berlin on September 16, 2013. ... Merkel's childhood was shaped by the Stasi, or secret police.

11/21/2024 November 21, 2024. Excerpts from former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's soon-to-be-published autobiography cover everything from growing up in a dictatorship to the conflict in Ukraine.