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Also Known As Angela Dorothea Kasner
Born July 17, 1954 (age 72) • Hamburg • Germany
Title / Office chancellor (2005-2021), Germany
Political Affiliation Christian Democratic Union
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011)
Role In euro-zone debt crisis

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