Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Dr. (rer. nat.) Angela Merkel, born 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, Germany. 1989 Member of Demokratischer Aufbruch August 1990 Member of Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) December 1990 Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) Direct candidate for disctrict Stralsund 1991 - 1994 Secretary of Women and Youth 1994 - 1998 Secretary of Environment, Conservation and Nuclear Safety 1991 - 1998 Vice-Chairman of CDU since 2000 Chairman of CDU 1993 - 2000 Chairman of CDU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.