According to a CCTV N體公ews report on January 1工長6, Germany's ruling party, the短學 CDU, held a national party cong雨腦ress to prepare for the e店遠lection of a new party chairman. N藍海orth Rhine-Westphalia Governor Ar道靜min Laschette was in second pl喝離ace. Elected as chairman in a roun兒吧d of voting. It i鐘為s expected to become the federa市年l chancellor to succeed Mer遠老kel in the Bundestag electio學弟n in September t他的his year.

During the meeting, Merkel del們看ivered a speech online. She said器還 that this will 知商be the last time she will att子空end the party congress as Ge小綠rman chancellor. Merkel has made it cl雜秒ear many times before that she will大鐘 not seek re-election after stepp子窗ing down in 2021, nor will she hol那務d any political office.

The experience of German Chancel冷國lor Angela Merkel

In 1954, Angela Merkel was born in a p微相riest family in the F間外ederal Republic of 快兵Germany, and later the family moved t能呢o the GDR. In or術看der to be admitted to a good universit不高y, she gave up h吧少er Russian and English majors, which 拿會she was good at, and went to the Unive城門rsity of Leipzig in Germany to學火 study physics. After graduation, she e為電ngaged in research w我聽ork at the German Academy of Scie分短nces. In 1986, he received h花請is Ph.D. in Physics.

In 1989, the 35-year-old M體拍erkel joined the Democratic Awakening分草 Party, calling it the spokespers歌會on for the Democratic Awakening P廠長arty.

In 1990, the Democratic黑海 Awakening Party merged with器土 the CDU, and Merkel became a member 線可of the CDU. On March 18, Merkel was員術 appointed by Chanc煙廠ellor de Maiziere as deputy 外廠press spokesman f生舞or the East German government.男開 Afterwards, Merkel became deputy d線廠irector of the Feder亮友al Press Service at t新們he recommendation of能友 Günter Krause and began her campa雪爸ign career.

On December 20, 1990,計看 Merkel successfully marched into t你歌he Bundestag after her victor多雪y in the Bonn constituency.愛場 Here, she was appreciat外黃ed by Helmut Kohl, ch議湖airman of the All-Ge說火rmany CDU and first chancellor 木麗after the merger of East and West Ger房吃many.

On January 18, 1991, the 36-year-有不old Merkel took office as the 業暗Federal Minister of Women and Youth, b弟飛ecoming Germany's younge區什st federal parliamentari森開an and federal minist西音er.

In 1994, she served as "Minister of 街朋Environment, Nature Conservation a行嗎nd Nuclear Reactor Safety". S謝著he pushed the "Anti-Smog Ozone Act" a近動gainst a lot of resistance. Externall吧區y, she excelled at the U中水N climate summit in B通好erlin.

In September 1998, Merk服唱el was elected as the g問低eneral secretary of th計會e CDU by overwhelming votes.

At the end of 1999, the "black gold cas月匠e" in which the CDU拍來 received political dona關放tions from arms dealers during the Col湖裡e era was revealed, causing上北 an uproar. Support f物刀or the CDU has plummeted. In Februar計子y 2000, Scheuerle took the 書遠blame and resigned. In April of the sam西現e year, Merkel was elec他好ted as the chairman 唱的of the CDU, reaching the peak of the po做樹wer of the CDU.

In October 2005, the Coalition Party姐得 and the Social Democratic Party jointl林商y governed, and Merkel was suc西你cessfully elected as chancellor, becom土就ing the first ch個兒ancellor in German his刀男tory.

In 2018, Merkel resi習上gned as party ch農章airman, and the current German d購火efense minister Karen Bauer少靜 took over to lead the CDU.

On January 26, 現服2021, German Ch城廠ancellor Angela Merkel sai和國d in her speech at th站家e Davos Forum that now is the e請影ra of globalization, and peop在秒le's lives depend on global c要空onnections. "The Chinese leader微讀 made a speech yesterday, an南家d I agree with him in supporting mul嗎不tilateralism," she said.

    &nb技光sp;  During Merkel's tenu南店re, Sino-German friendly rel歌影ations have been further pr年友omoted.

"The Germans democrati街雨cally elected Merkel to l電紙ead them, and over an 18個師-year political career, Merkel has led草秒 80 million Germans with p通老rofessional competen服紅ce, dedication, integrity理愛 and sincerity.

For 18 years, Mer線兵kel has had no irregularities and h鐘銀as not appointed an煙弟y relatives to key positions. She員商 lives in an ordinar票慢y apartment like other citizens,樂紅 which she lived in before she was el山匠ected Chancellor of Germany.視雨 She did not move to a mans門鐵ion, nor did she have a villa, 少慢servants, swimming p商看ool and garden.

She did not advertis但我e herself as the creato匠行r of glory. Merkel is known as the月公 "Madame of the World",道上 but the news media often photogra微志phed Merkel shopping in the vegetabl讀又e market.

Just a few days ago, Merkel l東電eft the position of pa民多rty leader and handed it ove購樹r to the person after her, a黃關nd Germany and t女說he German people are in the best p書身ossible shape right 習店now.

The German's reaction was unprece看一dented in German history. Pe山書ople nearby walked to the balcon師跳y of the house and spon她人taneously applauded her中場 for six minutes. The German people兒舊 stand together海問 and bid farewell to this great銀數 German leader.

From scientist to Ger木你man chancellor, she stepped down at 志白the peak of her li聽議fe. God bless this silent leade什她r. "