On December 8, 2021, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel passed the torch of governance to Olaf Scholz, after sixteen years in office. A major political figure in contemporary history to whom the Arte channel is devoting a portrait on February 22, 2022. In this portrait where she gives herself freely, freed from the weight of her function, she assesses her heritage in the light of a exceptional background and political career. A life in the service of her nation, for this 67-year-old woman who has had no children. However, she was able to become a very invested grandmother, according to The Obs.
According to the weekly website The ObsAngela Merkel is very attached to the grandchildren of her husband, Joachim Sauer: “Professor of chemistry at Humboldt University, the one the German press nicknamed “the phantom of the opera” because of his rare appearances with his wife in Bayreuth already had two sons, Daniel and Adrian. Photographer in Leipzig, the latter has two children. As soon as she can, the Chancellor cooks for the whole family in her dacha in Uckermark.” Something to echo Emmanuel Macron, with whom Mrs. Merkel gets along wonderfully, who also has no offspring but is very close to that of his wife Brigitte Macron. His grandchildren affectionately call the President of the Republic “Daddy”.
Before this couple, there was another for Angela Merkel. It was in 1977 that the chemistry expert married physicist Ulrich Merkel, whose surname she will keep even after the divorce. They had met during their studies in Leipzig and had both settled in East Berlin. She was 23 at the time and had been dating him for three years. A relationship that did not rhyme with great love, the wedding ended after five years, without bitterness but without passion.
With her current husband Joachim Sauer, Angela Merkel has therefore built a relationship as solid as her governance, marked by the discretion of her beloved. It is only known that the name of the first grandchild is Kasimir. According to the German press, the boy calls the politician “granny” and his family often visits Merkel’s vacation home. With her agenda freed up – she notably escaped the Ukrainian crisis with Vladimir Putin – she finally has more time to enjoy her own.