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          The neighboring countries' leaders, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz, will no longer be in office.

        1. German chancellor writes herself into EU history by embracing common borrowing and European solidarity.
        2. At 63, Merkel is twice as old as Sebastian Kurz, the new Austrian leader who ended a two-day visit to Berlin on Thursday.
        3. As Germany's first female chancellor prepares to step down, Merkelologists have been busy again ruminating about the deeper reasons for her.
        4. Angela Merkel has long been seen as a stalwart advocate of Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

          5. At 63, Merkel is twice as old as Sebastian Kurz, the new Austrian leader who ended a two-day visit to Berlin on Thursday..

          Angela Merkel

          Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

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          For other uses, see Merkel (disambiguation).

          Angela Dorothea Merkel (German:[aŋˈɡeːladoʁoˈteːaˈmɛʁkl̩]ⓘ;[a]née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.

          She is the only woman to have held the office. She previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018.[9] During her chancellorship, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU) and the most powerful woman in the world.

          Merkel was the first woman to become chancellor, and first chancellor from the former East Germany.

          Merkel was born in Hamburg in West Germany. Her family moved to East Germany when she was an infant. Merkel obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989.[10] She then entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as depu