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Merkel named first female chancellor in Germany
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-22 19:00
![Christian Democrat (CDU) leader and German Chancellor-elect Angela Merkel (C) receives applause after being elected during a parliamentary meeting in Berlin November 22, 2005. Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that ends months of political uncertainty and puts her atop a fragile coalition that must prove it can revive the economy. At left is CDU party member Volker Kauder and at right is CDU party member Norbert Roettgen. [Reuters]](xin_561102221901623122016.jpg)
Christian Democrat (CDU) leader and German
Chancellor-elect Angela Merkel (C) receives applause after being elected
during a parliamentary meeting in Berlin November 22, 2005. Merkel was
elected Germany's first woman chancellor on Tuesday in a parliamentary
vote that ends months of political uncertainty and puts her atop a fragile
coalition that must prove it can revive the economy. At left is CDU party
member Volker Kauder and at right is CDU party member Norbert Roettgen.
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