Angela Merkel, Germany’s first female leader, will leave office after 16 years as Germany’s president on Wednesday, passing the torch to Olaf Schultz, the AP reports. Merkel saw four American presidents, four French presidents, five British prime ministers and eight Italian premiers come and go during her time, which saw Germany’s international profile raised as the leader in attempting to build a stable, unified Europe while the UK left and Poland and Hungary work to fuck it up.