Angela Dorothea Merkel1989
Following the first (and only) democratic election of the East German state, Merkel becomes the deputy spokesperson of the new pre-unification caretaker Government under Lothar de Maiziare
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Following the first (and only) democratic election of the East German state, Merkel becomes the deputy spokesperson of the new pre-unification caretaker Government under Lothar de Maiziare
The Kohl Government was defeated in the general election, Merkel is named Secretary General of the CDU
Merkel oversees a string of Christian Democrat election victories in six out of seven regional elections in 1999 alone, breaking the SPD-Green coalitions hold on the Bundesrat, the legislative body representing the states
Merkel wins the CDU/CSU nomination as challenger to Chancellor Gerhard Schroder of the SPD in the 2005 national elections
Merkels CDU/CSU and Schr”ders SPD went head-to-head in the national elections, with the CDU/CSU winning 35.3% (CDU 27.8%/CSU 7.5%) of the second votes to the SPDs 34.2%
The coalition deal is approved by both CDU/CSU and SPD parties at party conferences. Merkel is elected Chancellor by the majority of delegates (397 to 217) in the newly assembled Bundestag
After three weeks of negotiations between the CDU/CSU and SPD, the two parties reached a deal whereby Merkel would become Chancellor and the SPD would hold 8 of the 16 seats in the cabinet
Leads a Grand coalition with the sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), formed after the federal election
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