Sources: CNN
Germans head to the polls to elect the new Bundestag, as well as a new Chancellor to succeed Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after 16 years in power. 2021-09-26
Chancellor Angela Merkel receives her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-04-16
President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen resigns from her position as Federal Minister of Defence of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel appoints Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the ruling CDU, as her successor. 2019-07-17
Angela Merkel is elected and sworn in for a new term as Chancellor of Germany. Olaf Scholz and Heiko Maas assume the positions of Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs respectively. 2018-03-14
Voters in Germany go to the polls to elect members of the Bundestag. Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union is widely expected to win a fourth term in office. 2017-09-24
The Government of Germany advises that Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend a May 9 World War II Victory Day Parade in Moscow but will visit shortly thereafter. 2015-03-11
The Social Democratic Party of Germany agrees to join a coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. 2013-12-14
The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit to Bundeswehr troops. 2012-03-12
Germany's ruling coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022. 2011-05-30
Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees €80 billion of savings spread across four years with her coalition cabinet. 2010-06-7