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Chancellor of Germany, 2005–2021; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union 2000–2018
Germany · b. 1954
Served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and led the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Trained as a physical chemist and worked as a research scientist in East Germany before entering politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Recorded · On the billboard
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
The Berlin Wall limited my opportunities. It quite literally stood in my way. However, there was one thing which this wall couldn't do through all those years: It couldn't impose limits on my inner thoughts, my personality, my imagination, my dreams and desires.
Recorded Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, 30 May 2019 source
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