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Demokratischer Aufbruch

Germany · Politics / Christian Democratic Union. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1989–1990Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1989

Angela Dorothea Merkel1989

Politics / Christian Democratic Union

Merkel gets involved in the growing democracy movement after the fall of the Berlin Wall, joining the new party Demokratischer Aufbruch

1990

Angela Dorothea Merkel1990

Politics / Christian Democratic Union

Merkels party the Demokratischer Aufbruch merges with the west German CDU and she becomes Minister for Women and Youth in Helmut Kohls cabinet

Names involved

Angela Dorothea Merkel

Provenance

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