German chancellor Angela Merkel named 'Person of the Year' by Time

Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 "Person of the Year" on Dec. 9, noting her resilience and leadership when faced with the Syrian refugee crisis and turmoil in the European Union over its currency this year.

Merkel topped a short list of finalists that included U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who came in third, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was runner-up.

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