Angela Merkel; politician; CDU; Germany; Born on July 17th; 1954 in Hamburg; since November 22nd; 2005 Federal Chancellor. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier handed over the discharge certificate for the members of the Merkel IV cabinet in Bellevue Palace. The Federal Chancellor and her cabinet remain in office until a new Federal Chancellor is elected. The Federal President (4th from left); the Federal Chancellor and the Ministers of the Grand Coalition after the handover of the certificate of discharge.Berlin; October 26th; 2021.