Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel was born on 17 July 1954 In Hamburg as the daughter of Horst Kasner, a Lutheran pastor and his wife, Herlind a teacher of English and Latin.
In 1977, Angela Kasner married physics student Ulrich Merkel. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982. Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. From 2006 to 2009, Forbes Magazine has named her the most powerful woman in the world. In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8, after Margaret Thatcher.
On 30 May 2005, Merkel won the CDU/CSU nomination as challenger to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of the SPD in the 2005 national elections. On 22 November 2005, Merkel assumed the office of Chancellor of Germany. On September 27, 2009 it was apparent that Merkel was re-elected to the position of Chancellor with her Christian Democratic Union taking 33.5% of the vote, beating the opposition Social Democrats by ten percentage points.
I chose Angela Merkel, because she is the first female Chancellor of Germany and I think it is a big step for the gender equality!! She is the most important woman on the whole earth, so I think she will be furthermore important for our future.
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