CV

• Born on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg; married

• 1973
  Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) in Templin

• 1973 - 1978
  Studied Physics at Leipzig University

• 1978 - 1990
  Member of the academic staff at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Sciences

• 1986
  Awarded a doctorate

• 1989
  Member of "Demokratischer Aufbruch" (Democratic Awakening)

• since 1990
  Member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)

• 1990
  Deputy Government Spokeswoman of the de Maizière Government

• since 1990
  Member of the German Bundestag

• 1991 - 1998
  Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU

• 1993 - 2000
  Chairwoman of the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

• 1991 - 1994
  Federal Minister for Women and Youth

• 1994 - 1998
  Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

• 1998 - 2000
  General Secretary of the CDU Germany

• 2000 - 2018
  Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union Germany (CDU)

• 2002 - 2005
  Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

• since November 2005
  Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

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