Angela Merkel. 10 years in power

• Angela Merkel. 10 years in power

Sunday marks a decade since the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken, which is now considered to be one of the most prominent politicians, not only the country but also the world. Merkel - the hard political player and an outstanding administrator, turned Germany into a recognized leader of the EU. The era of German Chancellor Angela Merkel - in the photo gallery below

Angela Merkel before a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, 2011

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at an emergency summit of euro zone in Brussels, 2015

The French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris after the terrorist attack on the editorial office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo

US President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, 2007

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 summit at Camp David, 2012

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during the forum "Asia-Europe" (ASEM) in Milan, 2014

Angela Merkel during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the NATO summit in Newport, 2014

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, during a meeting in 2015