Federal Chancellor Main-navigation Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz News Chancellery Tasks of the Chancellor The election of the Federal Chancellor Federal Cabinet Federal Chancellors since 1949 show more Service Contact Data privacy information SERVICES News Contact Follow the Federal Chancellor: To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's TikTok- channel Follow the Federal Government: To the Federal Government's Facebook channel To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's WhatsApp channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's YouTube channel To the Federal Government's Mastodon channel Deutsch © 2026 Press and Information Office of the Federal Government Legal notice Data privacy Site map Privacy settings To the top SERVICES News Contact Follow the Federal Chancellor: To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's TikTok- channel Follow the Federal Government: To the Federal Government's Facebook channel To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's WhatsApp channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's YouTube channel To the Federal Government's Mastodon channel Deutsch Friedrich Merz CV E-mail, CV Facebook, CV Share the article E-Mail E-mail, CV Facebook Facebook, CV X X, CV Threema , CV WhatsApp share via Whatsapp, CV copy link Friedrich Merz is Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Photo: Federal Government/Steffen Kugler Born on 11 November 1955 in Brilon Since 1972 Member of the CDU 1975 Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Rüthen 1975 to 1976 Military service 1976 to 1981 Studied law and political sciences at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and Philipps University of Marburg 1982 First state examination in law  1982 to 1985 Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Saarbrücken 1985 Second state examination in law  1985 to 1986 Judge at Saarbrücken District Court Since 1986 Lawyer 1986 to 1989 Speaker at the Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (chemical industry association, VCI)  1989 to 1994 Member of the European Parliament 1994 to 2009 Member of the Bundestag 1998 to 2000 Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag 2000 to 2002 Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag 2002 to 2004 Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag 2005 to 2021 Partner, and from 2017 Senior Counsel of the international law firm Mayer Brown LLP 2019 to 2021 Vice-President of the economic council of the CDU Since 2021    Member of the Bundestag  2022 to 2025  Chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag Since 2022   Chair of the CDU in Germany Since 6 May 2025  Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Share the article E-mail, CV Facebook, CV X, CV Share the article E-Mail E-mail, CV Facebook Facebook, CV X X, CV Threema , CV WhatsApp share via Whatsapp, CV copy link Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz SERVICES News Contact Follow the Federal Chancellor: To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's TikTok- channel Follow the Federal Government: To the Federal Government's Facebook channel To the Federal Government's Instagram channel To the Federal Government's WhatsApp channel To the Federal Government's X channel To the Federal Government's YouTube channel To the Federal Government's Mastodon channel Deutsch © 2026 Press and Information Office of the Federal Government Legal notice Data privacy Site map Privacy settings To the top