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(CNN)Let's take a look at the life of the former German Prime MinisterAngela Merkel.

Father:Horstkasner, Rev. Luther

Mother:Herlind Kasner, English teacher

Marriage:Joachim Sauer (1998-present); Ulrich Merkel (1977-1982) , Divorce)

Education:Leipzig University, Bachelor of Science, 1978; German Academy of Sciences, Ph.D., 1986

Religion:Lutheran

Other facts

She is a trained physicist.

Timeline

1978-1990-Researcher at Zentralinstitut für Physikalische Chemie in Berlin.

She is 1990-She will be a spokesman for Demokratischer Aufbruch (DA or Democratic Awakening).

She was elected to the German Bundestag in December 1990-.

She was appointed by Prime Minister Cole as Minister of Women and Youth, and she became Vice-Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

1994 -Minister of Environment, Nature Maintenance and Nuclear Safety.

1998-General Secretary of the CDU.

April 10, 2000-She will be the first female chairman of the CDU.

October 10, 2005-She signs a contract with Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic Party, making her the first female Chancellor of Germany.

She became Germany's first female prime minister on November 22, 2005-.

April 30, 2008-she received the Charlemagne Prize, the "Citizen's Award for Service to European Integration".

She was re-elected as German Chancellor on September 27, 2009-.

February 15, 2011-She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama.

October 25, 2013-Merkel was angry after reports of the US National Security Agency eavesdropping on her mobile phone, saying "a real change is needed." "Spy between friends is never acceptable," he says.

December 9, 2015-was named Person of the Year by Time magazine.

April 27, 2018-This is his second visit to the United States since Trump took office.