Lejla Hasandedic-Dapo
United Religions Initiative (URI) Europe Liaison Officer, board member of European Interfaith Youth Network (EIYN), Religions for Peace
Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office.
Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg on 17 July 1954. She is a Protestant Christian and is married to Joachim Sauer. In 1973, she was the Abitur, higher education entrance qualification in Templin. She studied Physics at the Leipzig University. She is a member of the academic staff at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Science. She holds Doctorate Degree, and she is a member of Demokratischer Aufbruch, Democratic Awakening. Since 1990, she has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, (CDU), and a Deputy Government Spokeswoman of the de Maizière Government in the German Democratic Republic, (GDP).
Ms. Merkel has served as a member of the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU. From 1993-2000, she served as the Chairwoman of the CDU Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania.
From 1991-1994, she served as the Federal Minister for Women and Youth. In addition, she served as the Federal Minister for the Environment, Natural Conservation and Nuclear Safety, until 1998.
From1998-2000, Ms. Merkel served as the General Secretary off the CDU, Germany. Until 2005, she was appointed as the Chairwoman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag. She remained as the Chairwoman of the CDU, Germany until 2018.
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Chairperson, RfP European Women of Faith Network
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Deputy Coordinator, International Youth Committee
Junior Researcher, Hartford Seminary-Interreligious Relations
Member, International Youth Committee
Archbishop of Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja
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Member, International Youth Committee
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Professor of Islamic Studies and Education, George-August University Göttingen
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Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Minister of State for International Cultural Policy at the Foreign Office, Germany
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