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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US President Donald Trump communicate throughout a bilateral assembly on the G7 Summit in 2019. Trump is one in all 4 U.S. Presidents Merkel labored with throughout her time as Germany’s Chancellor.

NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP by way of Getty Photos


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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and US President Donald Trump communicate throughout a bilateral assembly on the G7 Summit in 2019. Trump is one in all 4 U.S. Presidents Merkel labored with throughout her time as Germany’s Chancellor.

NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP by way of Getty Photos

In her new memoir, Angela Merkel writes in regards to the many dilemmas she needed to navigate as Chancellor of Germany. Dilemmas her male colleagues by no means needed to sweat. Like, are you able to put on a pantsuit as a substitute of a skirt within the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament? She determined the reply was, sure.

Merkel is the one lady ever to rise to essentially the most highly effective political submit in Germany. She served as chancellor from 2005 to 2021.

Angela Merkel has gone toe-to-toe with world leaders like Vladimir Putin, led Germany via occasions of turmoil and grow to be a job mannequin for different girls aspiring to positions of management. However her legacy is advanced.

She will get into all of this in her new memoir, “Freedom.”

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This episode was produced by Erika Ryan and Esme Nicholson, with audio engineering by Andie Huether.

It was edited by Courtney Dorning.

Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.

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