Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel changed what power looked like.

Germany’s first woman Chancellor. The first East German to lead the country. A scientist who became one of the most powerful political figures of the modern age.

For 16 years, she stood at the centre of Europe through financial crisis, migration, Brexit, Trump, Putin and a changing world order.

She led through patience, calculation and an almost impossible calm. A woman underestimated for being quiet, rational and different became the person other world leaders had to answer to.

Not many people shape history without raising their voice.

She did.