'''Angela Merkel''' is the leader of the [[German Christian Democratic Party]] and the current Chancellor of [[Germany]]. She was born in Hamburg and raised in the former [[German Democratic Republic]], where she also studied physics.
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'''Angela Merkel''' is the leader of the [[German Christian Democratic Party]] and the current Chancellor of [[Germany]]. She was born in Hamburg and raised in the former [[German Democratic Republic]], where she also finished her PhD in theoretical Physics/Chemistry.