01713cam a2200349 i 4500 1750389827 TxGeo 20241114120000.0 240603s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250319906 hbk. 1250319900 hbk. (OCoLC)1464678055 TxGeo rda Merkel, Angela, author. Freedom : memories 1954-2021 / Angela Merkel. [New York, NY] : St. Martin's Press, [2024] 709 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states--East Germany until 1990, and reunified Germany thereafter. How did she, coming from the East, rise to the top of the Christian Democratic Union to become the first woman to hold the office of chancellor? And how did she then become one of the most powerful heads of government in the Western world? What guided her? 20241205. Merkel, Angela, 1954- Women prime ministers Germany Biography. Prime ministers Germany Biography. Political leadership Germany History 21st century. Germany Politics and government 1990- Germany Foreign relations 21st century. Germany Biography. Autobiographies. QS5