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Angela Merkel. Photo: Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is serving her final term after 14 years in power — will be Harvard's guest graduation speaker in the spring, according to a press announcement.
Details: Harvard president Larry Bacow said Merkel is "one of the most widely admired and broadly influential statespeople of our time...She continues to play a central role in confronting some of the great challenges of our era."