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Friedrich Merz, 69, a conservative stalwart and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, was elected Germany’s 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a dramatic two-round parliamentary vote.

BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz ... has been late in coming for Merz, a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and ...

Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz ... centrist rule in Germany under his party rival Angela Merkel and then the Social Democrats, Merz has vowed a governing style that returns to the ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has ... job has been late in coming for Mr Merz, a trained lawyer who saw his ascent derailed by former chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who ...

Friedrich Merz and Angela Merkel in the year 2000, before they became rivals for the leadership of the CDUImage: Michael Jung/dpa/picture alliance Merz chose not to stand for parliament again in ...

Merz has yet to prove himself as he has never held a government office. Conservative Friedrich Merz is set ... a power struggle to arch party rival Angela Merkel in 2002, he spent over a decade ...