Angle Merkel was a former research scientist and now is the chancellor
for Germany. She has been the chancellor since 2005. Merkel is said to be one
of the most powerful women in the world. Merkel was appointed Secretary-General
of the CDU, a key position as the party was no longer part of the federal
government. Merkel oversaw a string of CDU election victories in six out of
seven state elections in 1999, breaking the long-standing SPD-Green hold on the
Bundesrat. Following
Merkel's election as CDU Leader, she enjoyed considerable popularity among the
German population and polls indicated that many Germans would like to see her
become Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's main challenger in the 2002 election. However she was subsequently outmanoeuvred politically by
CSU Leader Edmund Stoiber, to whom she
eventually ceded the privilege of challenging Schröder.
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