Angela Merkel, elected Chancellor of Germany in 2005, is the longest serving political leader in the free world. Time Magazine named her Person of the Year in 2015. Who knew that someone raised in East Germany with a Ph.D. in Chemistry would rise to the pinnacle of power in the reunified Germany.
For a wonderful take on her amazing story, check out this video on YouTube
It is a riff on the opening number in the hit Broadway musical Alexander Hamilton, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda. I love it!
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