Angela Merkel's Mother Has Died, German Chancellery Confirms

Angela Merkel, left, and her mother Herlind Kasner in 2005.

Photographer: Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mother died, the chancellery’s press office confirmed.

German magazine SuperIllu reported earlier that Herlind Kasner, a retired teacher of Latin and English, died at the beginning of April at the age of 90.