Acting
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU), the most powerful woman in the world, and since 2016 the leader of the free world. Merkel was born in Hamburg in then-West Germany, moving to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected Government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected CDU General Secretary, before becoming the party's first female leader and the first female Leader of the Opposition two years later, in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble. Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Merkel was the first woman to be elected as Chancellor, and the first Chancellor since reunification to have been raised in the former East Germany. At the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the vote, and Merkel was able to form a coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). At the 2013 federal election, Merkel's CDU won a landslide victory with 41.5% of the vote and formed a second grand coalition with the SPD, after the FDP lost all of its representation in the Bundestag. At the 2017 federal election, Merkel led the CDU to become the largest party for the fourth time; Merkel formed a third grand coalition with the SPD and was sworn in for a joint-record fourth term as Chancellor on 14 March 2018. ...
Filmography
Das Erbe von 9/11 – Deutschland nach den Anschlägen
Film · 2026
Right-Wing Extremism: The New Terrorist Threat
Series · 2026
Mesut Özil – Among Friends
Series · 2026
Στο Χιλιοστό
Series · 2026
Willem-Alexander & Máxima
Series · 2026
Rebel with a Bow Tie
Film · 2025
10 Jahre danach: Geflüchtete im Gespräch mit Angela Merkel
Film · 2025
The Rise of Germany's New Right
Film · 2025
Becoming Navalny
Film · 2024
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
Film · 2024
White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement
Film · 2024
Angela Merkel - Freiheit
Film · 2024
The Billions of Others
Film · 2024
The Queen and the Prime Ministers
Film · 2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Series · 2024
Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
Series · 2024
In the Grip of Gazprom
Film · 2023
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
Film · 2022
Navalny
Film · 2022
Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble
Film · 2022
Merkel
Film · 2022
Prelúdio
Film · 2022
Angela Merkel im Gespräch
Film · 2022
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Film · 2021
Vaccine Diplomacy
Film · 2021
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
Film · 2021
Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law
Film · 2021
Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie
Film · 2021
Die Ära Merkel - Gesichter einer Kanzlerin
Film · 2021
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära
Film · 2021
Angela Merkel – Frau Bundeskanzlerin
Series · 2021
BILD LIVE
Series · 2021
Wagenknecht
Film · 2020
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2
Film · 2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Series · 2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Series · 2020
Bild.Macht.Deutschland?
Series · 2020
Eine Stunde ZEIT
Series · 2020
Laboratory Greece
Film · 2019
What Is a Good Tax?
Film · 2019
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Film · 2019
The Forum
Film · 2019
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Film · 2018
trustWHO
Film · 2018
Julius
Film · 2018
On Day Eight
Film · 2018
House of Saud: A Family at War
Series · 2018
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
Film · 2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Film · 2017
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
Film · 2017
Drei Tage im September: Die Flüchtlingsentscheidung
Film · 2017
Klartext
Series · 2017
When Multinationals Attack Nation States
Film · 2016
Before the Flood
Film · 2016
Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete
Film · 2016
Emigratis
Series · 2016
Laissez-faire
Film · 2015
Agora: From Democracy to the Market
Film · 2015
The Great European Disaster Movie
Film · 2015
Tomorrow
Film · 2015
300 Worte Deutsch
Film · 2015
In Their Own Words
Series · 2015
The Godmother
Film · 2014
The Team
Film · 2014
Master of the Universe
Film · 2013
Google and the World Brain
Film · 2013
Henryk from the Back Row
Film · 2012
Schleswig-Holstein Magazin
Series · 2012
Mentiras verdaderas
Series · 2011
Günther Jauch
Series · 2011
Russian Lessons
Film · 2010
Arte Journal
Series · 2010
Farbe bekennen
Series · 2010
Die PARTEI
Film · 2009
ANNE WILL
Series · 2007
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
Film · 2006
Vote for Henryk!
Film · 2003
Menschen bei Maischberger
Series · 2003
Bericht aus Berlin
Series · 2003
Gabi Bauer
Series · 2002
Berlin direkt
Series · 2000
Forum Pariser Platz
Series · 2000
Münchner Runde
Series · 2000
Koschwitz
Series · 2000
Nano - Die Welt von morgen
Series · 2000
TV total
Series · 1999
maybrit illner
Series · 1999
Beckmann
Series · 1999
Sabine Christiansen
Series · 1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Series · 1998
Ein Herz für Kinder
Series · 1998
Was Nun?
Series · 1997
Goldene Henne
Series · 1995
Halb 12
Series · 1995
Eisenbahn-Romantik
Series · 1991
The World in Front
Series · 1987
Menschen
Series · 1982
NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979
3 nach 9
Series · 1974
Zur Person
Series · 1963
Bambi
Series · 1948