He became the leader of his Christian Democratic Union party after longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel — a former rival — stepped down in 2021. Mr. Merz has taken his party in a more ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of centre-left Social Democrats conceded defeat after what he called a “bitter election result". Projections for ARD and ZDF television showed his party finishing in third place ...

Renu Khator has been serving as chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of its flagship University of Houston campus, since January of 2008. She broke boundaries and glass ...

Friedrich Merz, who is set to become the new German chancellor, has vowed to "create unity" in Europe as it adjusts to the new Trump administration and Russia's war on Ukraine. Mr Merz's task will ...

Germany’s opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany came in second, its ...

However, reunification in 1990 allowed Angela Merkel, the East German daughter of a protestant pastor, to enter politics and elbow both Schaeuble and Merz aside on her rise to become chancellor.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is poised to win the German election, with Friedrich Merz set to become the new chancellor. The ruling Social Democrats are seeing a decline, while the far ...

The victory puts conservative chief Friedrich Merz on track to become the country's next chancellor, succeeding outgoing leader Olaf Scholz. Merz said he is aware of the dimension of the tasks he ...

Four candidates were competing for the top chancellor job after the ruling coalition collapsed, triggering a snap election. Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was fighting for re ...

According to those who know him well, Merz ― Germany’s next chancellor ― is a person who is just as likely to be swayed by his own emotional reaction as through cold political calculation. That night ...

"I'm here tonight, I'm already missing my baby. But it's been a great month with my new little one." Jackson first revealed her son’s arrival on Jan. 26, posting a heartwarming photo of herself ...

Germany chancellor-in-waiting no wan wait for di final results of im kontri election on Sunday to begin a new era in Europe. Declaring di US indifferent to di continent fate, Friedrich Merz ...