German Chancellor Angela Merkel was named Time magazin's Person of the Year 2015. The magazine highlited her role in Europe's migration crises and Greek debt. Angela Merkel (Angela Dorothea Kasner) was born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg to a family of a Lutheran pastor and a teacher. Merkel finished school with honors and went on to study physics at Leipzig university. She got involved in politics in late 1980’s. After the Kohl Government was defeated at the 1998 election, Merkel was appointed Secretary-General of the CDU. After winning elections in November 2005, Angela Merkel has been Chancellor of Germany. Her ratings in Germany have remained high during her office. Angela Merkel has repeatedly been named world’s most powerful woman. Angela Merkel's 2015 - in this photo gallery by TASS.