After 16 years at the helm of Germany, Angela Merkel will leave the political arena in 2021.
What does she plan to do after her term of office ends?
Berlin - On the day of the federal election, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) will have been in office for 5787 days.
It almost comes close to Helmut Kohl, who had 5870 days.
Should the formation of a government drag on until December 18 after the election, Merkel will top this record.
But it is doubtful whether Merkel really thinks this is worth striving for.
Because this year she turned 67 (born on July 17, 1954 in Hamburg), a suitable age to retire.
Calculations by the Federation of Taxpayers will give her monthly retirement benefits of around 15,000 euros
obtain.
So it should come as no surprise that Merkel announced in 2019 that she wanted to withdraw from politics after the federal election in 2021.
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During a farewell tour in her constituency on Rügen, Angela Merkel rejected speculations about moving to Hamburg
© Stefan Sauer / dpa / picture alliance
Angela Merkel after the end of her term in office: Reading books is on the to-do list
Merkel has not moved away from this so far.
During her trip to the USA in July 2021 as part of the awarding of an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in Washington, the Chancellor spoke of taking it easy after the end of her term in office.
Above all, she wanted to get to the bottom of one question: “What actually interests me.” Reading books is also high on her agenda after the end of her career.
Angela Merkel after the end of her term of office: Rejection of speculations about moving
What is certain, however, is that Angela Merkel will stay in Berlin and in the Uckermark.
She said that on Tuesday (September 21) on Rügen during a farewell tour in her constituency.
"From there it is not far to my former constituency through the beautiful A20", said Merkel.
Compared to its constituency, the Uckermark is not all that different.
"Only that the Baltic Sea is missing."
In doing so, she rejects speculations about a possible move to Hamburg.
She was born in the Hanseatic city, but her family moved from the Federal Republic to the GDR and later moved to Templin in the Uckermark.
She still has a dacha there today.
List of rubric lists: © Stefan Sauer
