Angela Merkel: 24 Years of Marriage with Joachim Sauer
Early Life and Marriage
Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer is a German quantum chemist and professor. He was born in Hosena, East Germany, in 1949. Sauer studied chemistry at the Humboldt University of Berlin and obtained his doctorate in 1976.
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel was born Angela Dorothea Kasner in Hamburg, West Germany, in 1954. Her family moved to East Germany in 1957. Merkel studied physics at the University of Leipzig and obtained her doctorate in 1986.
Marriage
Angela Merkel and Joachim Sauer met at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin in 1981. They married on December 30, 1998, after Sauer's divorce from his first wife.
Joachim Sauer's 75th Birthday
Celebration
Joachim Sauer celebrated his 75th birthday on April 19, 2024. The celebration was a private affair, attended by family and close friends.
Significance
The occasion marked 24 years of marriage for Angela Merkel and Joachim Sauer. It also highlighted the strong bond between the couple.
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