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Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany, 2005–2021; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union 2000–2018

Germany · b. 1954

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Served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and led the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Trained as a physical chemist and worked as a research scientist in East Germany before entering politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Recorded · On the billboard

Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why? Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, 30 May 2019 source ↗
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The Berlin Wall limited my opportunities. It quite literally stood in my way. However, there was one thing which this wall couldn't do through all those years: It couldn't impose limits on my inner thoughts, my personality, my imagination, my dreams and desires.
Recorded Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, 30 May 2019 source ↗

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