Chancellor of Germany - Wikipedia The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, [a] is the head of the federal government of Germany The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Cabinet and heads the executive branch
New German Chancellor: Bundestag elects Friedrich Merz Berlin (dpa) - The Bundestag has elected CDU leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in the second ballot He received 325 of the votes cast in the secret ballot, nine votes more than the required majority of 316 votes
Friedrich Merz - Wikipedia Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz[a] (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025 He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022, leading the CDU CSU (Union) parliamentary group as Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag from February 2022 to May 2025