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Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, is Time 'Person of the Year' | |
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Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its "Person of the Year". | Time Magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its "Person of the Year". |
The magazine cited her role in Europe's crises over migration and Greek debt. It also mentioned Russia's intervention in Ukraine in its decision. | |
Ms Merkel has provided "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply", editor Nancy Gibbs wrote. | |
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named runner-up. | |
Third place went to candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump. | |
Ms Merkel joins an eclectic list of former winners, including Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Ghandi, Winston Churchill and Richard Nixon. | |
Last year's award went to medics fighting the Ebola outbreak in western Africa. |