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1st LD: Merkel announces bid for fourth term as German chancellor

Xinhua, November 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that she wants to run for the fourth term in 2017 election, German media Spiegel Online reported on Sunday.

She made the announcement in a presidium meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by her on Sunday, as several news agencies reported citing party sources.

The 62-year-old also announced her bid for CDU's presidency on Sunday.

The CDU will hold elections on December 6 at its National Party Conference in the German city of Essen.

Merkel has been CDU chairman since April 2000 and German chancellor since November 2005. If she wins for the fourth time in 2017, she has the chance to beat the record holder, Helmut Kohl who was 16 years in the office. Endit