Family of Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel, the former Chancellor of Germany, has a relatively private family life. She was born on July 8, 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany, but moved to East Germany shortly after her birth. Merkel has a younger brother, Marcus, who is a physician. Her parents are Hermann Kasner, a Lutheran pastor, and Herlind Kasner, a teacher of English and Latin. In terms of her personal life, Merkel was married twice.