Merkel the survivor: Putting her longevity in perspective

Here's a closer look at Merkel's remarkable longevity:

• During Merkel's tenure, the other 18 G20 countries (not including the E.U.) have had a combined 66 heads of government.
• The only current G20 leader who comes close to matching her is Vladimir Putin, who gave up the presidency for four years during her tenure but was never really out of power.
• Merkel has overlapped with three U.S. presidents, and during the period her Christian Democrats have controlled the Bundestag both the House and Senate have flipped from the Republicans to the Democrats and back again.

The global perspective

Here's a look at how many times power has changed hands in the rest of the G20 during Merkel's 12 years in office.

Once:

• China: Hu, Xi
• India: Singh, Modi
• Indonesia: Yudhoyono, Widodo
• Saudi Arabia: Abdullah, Salman

Twice:

• USA: Bush, Obama, Trump
• Russia: Putin, Medvedev, Putin
• Canada: Martin, Harper, Trudeau
• Turkey: Erdogan, Davutoglu, Yildirim
• Mexico: Fox, Calderon, Peña Nieto
• Brazil: Lula, Rousseff, Temer
• Argentina: Kirchner, Fernandez de Kirchner, Macri

Three times:

• U.K.: Blair, Brown, Cameron, May
• France: Chirac, Sarkozy, Hollande, Macron
• South Africa: Mbeki, Motlanthe, Zuma, Ramaphosa
• South Korea: Roh, Lee, Park, Moon

More than four:

• Australia: Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Rudd, Abbott, Turnbull
• Italy: Berlusconi, Prodi, Berlusconi, Monti, Letta, Renzi, Gentiloni
• Japan: Koizumi, Abe, Fukuda, Aso, Hatoyama, Kan, Noda, Abe