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Which political group did Angela Merkel join after the Berlin Wall fell?
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Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel, the first woman to serve as chancellor of Germany, 2012.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Angela Merkel joined the newly founded Democratic Awakening party, where she served as press spokesperson.1
In February 1990, this party joined the conservative Alliance for Germany coalition, which included the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel officially joined the CDU in August 1990, shortly before the party merged with its western counterpart ahead of German reunification.1