What role did Angela Merkel have in East Germany’s government in 1990?

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“Queen of Europe” — Angela Merkel Angela Merkel, the first woman to serve as chancellor of Germany, 2012.

In 1990, following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel served as the deputy spokesperson for the government of Lothar de Maiziere in East Germany.1

Prior to this role, she had joined the Democratic Awakening party in early 1990, serving as its press spokesperson before the party joined the Alliance for Germany coalition. Following the country's first free election in March 1990, her party became part of the government, leading to her appointment as deputy spokesperson. Later that year, she joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which merged with its western counterpart shortly before German reunification.1