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Family of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany

The family of Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, is of German and Polish descent.

Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner on 17 July in Hamburg. The Kasner name is derived from Jan Kaźmierczak, a Pole from Poznań who lived in the 18th century. Merkel's grandfather changed the name to Kasner in Merkel has been married twice, and kept the name of her first husband, Ulrich Merkel.

Born in obscurity in the police state of East Germany, the shy, awkward scientist rose to become the de facto leader of the Free World.

Angela Merkel's family was extensively discussed in a biography.^[1]

Paternal relations

Horst Kasner

Main article: Horst Kasner

Horst Kasner (né Horst Kaźmierczak; born 6 August in Berlin, died 2 September in Templin) was the father of Angela Merkel, and was a Protestant theologian.

Ludwig Kasner

Main article: Ludwig Kasner

Ludwig Kasner (né Ludwik Marian Kaźmierczak; born in Posen, Germany (now Poznań, Poland), died in Berlin) was the paternal grandfather of Angela Merkel. He served as a soldier