Germany elects first female chancellor


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Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor-elect, receives congratulations after her election during a parliamentary meeting in Berlin Nov. 22, 2005. Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor in a vote of the Federal Assembly (Bundestag), the lower house of parliament, Nov. 22.

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Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, smiles during a parliamentary meeting in Berlin Nov. 22, 2005. Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor in a vote of the Federal Assembly (Bundestag), the lower house of parliament, Nov. 22.

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Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor-elect, receives congratulations after her election during a parliamentary meeting in Berlin Nov. 22, 2005. Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor in a vote of the Federal Assembly (Bundestag), the lower house of parliament, Nov. 22.


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