The popularity of most politicians follows a similar course. Some grow to be palatable enough to win an election and then fall increasingly out of favour before eventually being booted out. Their ...

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel received her nation's highest honor Monday – becoming only the third leader to claim the award. Merkel received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit from ...

Longtime conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel has rarely appeared in public and even more rarely commented on politics since ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Hamburg, Germany on December 7. The sign reads: "Thank you Angela Merkel". (REUTERS Photo) HAMBURG, December ...

Premiering at Telluride, “Merkel,” Eva Weber’s documentary on former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, seems like a star-studded fête featuring many world leaders and dignitaries, such as former ...

A Feb. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows several images of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Adolf Hitler. "The Fourth Reich began on November 22, 2005, when Angela Merkel ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel about a new chapter of leadership in the United States. Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years, the only ...

BERLIN — The memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be released in November, nearly three years after her 16-year tenure leading one of Europe's biggest powers ended. The roughly ...

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has received the country's highest honour, the Order of Merit. Mrs Merkel, who was chancellor for 16 years, received the award at a ceremony in the German ...

Other Facts:Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl sometimes referred to her as "the girl." She is a trained physicist. Timeline:1978-1990 - Research associate at Zentralinstitut fur Physikalische Chemie in ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sworn in for her fourth term on Wednesday. BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been a key U.S. ally in the past, but has disagreed with Trump ...