From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was succeeded by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again. | From 1982 to 1998 Conservative chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] (CDU) ruled the country under a coalition of CDU and the liberal-libertarian [[Free Democratic Party]]. Since then the left-center [[SPD]] and environmental [[Alliance '90/The Greens]] with chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] (SPD) were in power. He was succeeded by [[Angela Merkel]] (CDU), who had a coalition with the SPD (2005-2009), the FDP (2009-2013) and since 2013 with the SPD again. |