Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany. He was elected Chancellor on 10 April 2010, winning the largest number of seats in the German parliament from the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Merkel is the current chairman of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) and chairman of the parliamentary alliance of the CDU-CSU ( Christian Social Union) from 2002 to 2005 . Angela Merkel German Chancellor's Office Occupied November 22 , 2005 President Joachim Gauck Christian Wolf Deputy Philip Rosler's Predecessor Gerhard Schroeder Personal Details Born 18 July 1954 (age 65) Hamburg , West Germany