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Memoirs from Mutti: Angela Merkel looks back on her life

Memoirs from Mutti: Angela Merkel looks back on her life
Angela Merkel's autobiography is achingly earnest. (Image: Wikipedia)
The Wall Street Journal
By Tunku VaradarajanAngela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for four consecutive four-year terms, from 2005 to 2021. Only Helmut Kohl had a longer stint at the helm of a democratic Deutschland– and he was in power for a mere 10 days more than Mutti Merkel (“Mother Merkel”), as the country’s first female chancellor came to be known. The nickname, conceived by her detractors as a somewhat sexist put-down, was embraced by her own supporters as an accolade in recognition of the stability and prudence that were the...

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