Facts about Angela Merkel
On September 25, 2007, Chancellor Angela Merkel met the Dalai Lama for a "private exchange" in Berlin in the Chancellery amid protest from China and against the advice of senior officials.
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Angela Merkel speaks Russian fluently, and even earned a statewide prize for her proficiency.
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In 2007 Angela Merkel was awarded the honorary doctorate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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The cabinet of Angela Merkel was sworn in at 16:00 CET, November 22, 2005.
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