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Published 19:07 9 Dec 2015 GMT
Updated 14:57 10 Dec 2015 GMT

Angela Merkel ist TIME Person des Jahres 2015 https://t.co/XuaORv7Kxk pic.twitter.com/7hhXwIPsfE
— TIME.com (@TIME) December 9, 2015
Merkel is the first woman to receive the Person of the Year award as an individual since Corazon Aquino, the first woman president of the Philippines, appeared on the cover in 1986.
The shortlist this year had included Vladimir Putin, Caitlyn Jenner, and the Black Lives Matter Movement among others.
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