The Chancellor candidate of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) parties, Friedrich Merz, who declared victory in the general election in Germany, has become a topic of curiosity. Friedrich Merz, who emerged in the first place in the early general elections in Germany as the Chancellor candidate of the Christian Union parties (CDU/CSU), announced his victory. But who is Friedrich Merz? Although the 69-year-old lawyer Merz has been involved in political activities within the party for a long time, he lacks experience in chancellorship, ministerial positions, and mayoralty. Leading the internal opposition to former Chancellor Angela Merkel, Merz argued that some of the CDU voters felt she had “embraced” the AfD in the immigration and Covid-19 policies she pursued. Here are some facts about Friedrich Merz… Friedrich Merz was born on November 11, 1955. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany, Merz has been serving as the federal president of the CDU and the parliamentary group leader of CDU/CSU since 2022. Merz served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994. He was a member of the Federal Parliament from 1994 to 2009 and served as the parliamentary group leader of CDU/CSU, the opposition leader, from 2000 to 2002. Retiring from politics in 2009, Merz worked in lobbying and law. Returning to politics in 2018, Merz ran for the CDU party leadership in December of the same year and in January 2021, but he was unsuccessful in his first two attempts. Re-elected as a Member of the Federal Parliament in the 2021 federal elections, Merz became the party leader of the CDU in his third attempt in 2021.