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| Published on: 2011-01-31 22:59:44 |
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Angela Dorothea Merkel , born 17 July 1954) is the current Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the Bundestag(German Parliament) from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union(CDU) since 10 April 2000, and Chairman of the CDU-CSU (Christian Social Union) parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.
From 2005 to 2009 she led a grand coalitionwith the Christian Social Union(CSU), its Bavarian sister party, and the Social Democratic Party of Germany(SPD), formed after the 2005 federal electionon 22 November 2005. In the elections of 27 September 2009, her party, the CDU, obtained the largest share of the votes, and formed a coalition government with the CSU and the Free Democratic Party(FDP). Her government was sworn in on 28 October 2009.
In 2007, Merkel was also President of the European Counciland chaired the G8. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbonand the Berlin Declaration. In domestic policy, health care reformand problems concerning future energy developmenthave thus far been major issues of her tenure.
Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8, after Margaret Thatcher.
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| Published on: 2011-01-31 22:52:51 |
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Life Kai Diekmann
Diekmann grew up in Bielefeld. After his Abitur(roughly equivalent to high school graduation) and mandatory military service, which he completed on the editorial staff of a military newspaper, he studied at the University of Münster. There he became a member of the BurschenschaftFranconia. He interrupted his studies in 1985 when he began his Volontariat (roughly: traineeship) at the Axel Springer AGthrough the Axel Springer Journalist School, from which he quickly began a career for the publisher, beginning as a correspondent in Bonn.
From 1989-1991 he was the chief reporter for the Hubert Burda Media-published illustrated Bunte, a weekly featuring articles on celebrities, gossip, and lifestyle. After a short detour at the Ullstein-Verlag-published tabloid B.Z., in 1992 he transferred to Bild, a daily newspaper whose status as best-selling daily in Germany in large measure depends on sensationalist newsstories. In 1992, he became editor of Welt am Sonntag, and in 2001 returned to Bild where he became editor. Since 2004, in addition to being editor, he is also the publisher of Bild as well as Bild am Sonntag. In March 2004, the first volume of the definitive memoirsof former BundeskanzlerHelmut Kohlwas published, edited by Diekmann.
As editor, Diekmann is responsible for the journalistic quality of the newspaper's work, which in the recent past has been the subject of several negative media reports.[citation needed] Recently, Bild has allegedly been in violation of basic journalistic principles more often than other German media. The claim that the Bild's offenses against the German Press Codexhas increased since Diekmann took over is supported by the clear rise in the number of rebukes from the German Presserat(Press Council) during this time.[citation needed]
Diekmann is a member of the Atlantik-Brücke, an organization that aims to further relationships between Germany and especially the United States.
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| Published on: 2011-01-31 22:23:18 |
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela; born 18 July 1918 in Transkei, South Africa, is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes committed while he led the movement against apartheid. In accordance with his conviction, Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. He is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.
Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela supported reconciliation and negotiation, and helped lead the transition towards multi-racial democracy in South Africa. Since the end of apartheid, many have frequently praised Mandela, including former opponents. Mandela has received more than one hundred awards over four decades, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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| Published on: 2011-01-31 21:55:34 |
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Sigmar Gabriel (born September 12, 1959 in Goslar) is a German politician, a member of SPD.
On December 15, 1999, after the resignation of Gerhard Glogowski, who had succeeded Gerhard Schröder in office, Gabriel became Minister-President of Lower Saxony and served until March 4, 2003. After being voted off, he was appointee of the SPD for Pop Music for 2 years, for which he was bestowed with the nickname Siggy Pop. He is currently serving as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety minister in the cabinet of Angela Merkel.
He has promoted the International Renewable Energy Agency.
After the SPD's abysmal election result in the federal election of 2009 Gabriel is traded as forthcoming chairman of the Social Democratic Party after the anticipated resignation of Franz Müntefering.
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