Angela Merkel's lucrative pension: Perks of a long reign

Angela Merkel, the first woman to head the German government, has been retired for three years. She governed Germany for 16 years and 16 days, which means she almost broke the record. Only Helmut Kohl was chancellor longer than her (16 years and 26 days).

The German industry bimonthly Business Punk revealed the amount of Merkel's pension. The former chancellor of Germany receives 15 thousand euros every month, which is more than 22 thousand Canadian dollars when converted.

As the newspaper explains, this is the result of her many years of work in the Bundestag as a federal minister and chancellor. After 31 years of working in the German parliament, Merkel achieved the maximum pension level.

Merkel enjoys several other privileges as well. According to long-standing state practices, as a former chancellor, she has an office that can be used for private activities, along with a manager subordinate to her. Additionally, she has two assistants, a typist, and a driver.

Merkel has been remembered as a highly controversial leader of the German government, and her decisions have often been directly labeled as mistakes with disastrous consequences (such as the withdrawal of Germany from nuclear energy or the change in migration policy and the opening of borders).