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Which parties formed Angela Merkel’s first coalition government as chancellor?
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Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel, the first woman to serve as chancellor of Germany, 2012.
Angela Merkel’s first coalition government, which took office on November 22, 2005, was a "grand coalition" formed between the CDU-CSU alliance and the Social Democratic Party (SPD).12