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Let’s take a look at the life of German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz.
date of birth: November 11, 1955
place of birth: Brillon, Germany
Birth name: Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz
father: Joachim Mertz, Judge
mother: Paula Sauvigny
marriage: Charlotte Gas (from 1981)
Children: three
education: He studied law at the University of Bonn and Marburg and graduated in 1985.
military service:1975–1976
religion: Catholic
Meltz has a hard-line attitude towards transition. He called for asylum seekers arriving from other European Union countries to be denied at the German land border.
Merz criticizes the benefits of free welfare. He promised to cut welfare spending and told the economist in a rare sit-in interview ahead of the election that he “want to avoid paying people who don’t want to work.”
In 2003, Merz argued that German tax rules should be simple enough to calculate on the back of a beer coaster.
Meltz is an amateur pilot.
1972 – Joining the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
1985-1986- A judge of the Saarbrücken District Court.
1986-1989- A lawyer for the German Chemical Industry Association.
1989 – He will be elected to the European Parliament.
1994 – You will win a seat in Congress.
2000 – He loses to Angela Merkel in the CDU Party leadership election.
2009- Meltz leaves the Bundesag and joins the private sector and works as a lawyer.
2021 – Return to his seat in front of him in Congress.
January 2022 – After two failed bids for CDU party leadership in 2018 and 2021, Merz was chosen to lead the party.
February 23, 2025 – The CDU and its sister parties win federal elections. Merz will likely be Germany’s next prime minister.
April 9, 2025 – He announces that he will form a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) on the left of the center.
May 6, 2025 – Merz has been recognized as German Prime Minister. He had dropped six votes earlier that day.