Wednesday, September 2, 2009

ANGELA MERKEL, "THE IRON LADY"

Here are some of the achievements of Angela Merkel, one of the few female world leaders today.

  • Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany
  • From 2006 to 2009, Forbes Magazine has named her the most powerful woman in the world. 
  • In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8. The G8 is is a forum, created by France in 1975, for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: CanadaFranceGermanyItalyJapanRussia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Merkel is the only women.
  • In 2007 Merkel was President of the European Counsil.
  • In 2008, Merkel received the Charlemagne Prize for her work to reform the European Union. The prize was presented by Nicolas Sarkozy. The prize has been awarded once a year since 1950 by the German city of Aachen to people who contributed to ideals upon which it has been founded.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow interesting I didn´t have any idea that this woman was so important. She should be proud of being the first woman to be Chancelleor at Germany.

MartinP.957677 said...

I was going to post about her life and what is she doing right now in Germany. You beat me so I'll just complete a little bit your very well done post.

The first detail I think you should had included is her ocupation before being a chancellor of Germany. Which was being a member of the Bundestag Gabinet. Afterwards she became Minister for the Environment and Nuclear Safety, which gave her greater political visibility and a platform on which to build her political career.

That was the beginning of a stellar carrer...