Angela Merkel today became the second longest serving Chancellor in modern Germany, overtaking one of the greatest figures in post-war European history.
Mrs Merkel’s 5,144th day in the Chancellery pulled her in front of Konrad Adenauer, the founder of her Christian Democrat party (CDU) and the man who rebuilt West Germany’s international reputation after the war in his tenure that stretched from 1949 to 1963.
Now Mrs Merkel, who was sworn in on November 22 2005, only trails another giant of the CDU, Helmut Kohl. But her chances of overtaking the man who groomed her for power seem slim.
She would have to stay in office for a further 726 days to beat his 5,869-day rule – a feat which would see her still calling the shots on December 17th 2021, some three months after the next scheduled election.
The 65-year-old confirmed last year that she will retire from politics at the next election, saying “this fourth term is my last as Chancellor of Germany.”
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