Friedrich Merz Seeks Germany's Chancellorship

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Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz aims to be German chancellor

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Friedrich Merz wants to unseat Chancellor Olaf Scholz and take over as Germany 's leader.

Merz has had two political lives: One before Angela Merkel came to power as chancellor in 2005 and the second after she exited in 2021 .

At 69 , Merz would become the oldest person to take office as the Federal Republic's head of government since Konrad Adenauer was 73 years old when he was sworn in as the first chancellor of Germany in 1949 .

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