As Angela Merkel gets set to step down, she says Germany is far from gender equality

The German chancellor said last month that she was disappointed women still accounted for only 31% of seats in parliament

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: REUTERS/ANNEGRET HILSE

A rare woman in the upper echelons of her conservative, male-dominated Christian Democrats , Merkel, 67, long avoided casting herself as a feminist and has only reluctantly supported some policies pushed by feminists such as quotas for women in boardrooms. At the premiere of a film that tells the story of prominent female politicians in post-war West Germany, Merkel said in August that she was disappointed that women still accounted for only 31% of seats in parliament.

But Merkel could even overtake former mentor Helmut Kohl to become Germany's longest serving chancellor if it takes a long time to form a coalition government after the September 26 election.

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