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Olaf Scholz (German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born () 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
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Scholz was born on June 14, 1958, in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, but grew up Hamburg's Rahlstedt district. He began studying law at the University of Hamburgin 1978 as part of a one-stage legal training course.
From May to October 2001, he was Minister of the Interior (Innensenator) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburgand from 2002 to 2004 he was general secretary of the SPD. In 2005 Scholz was elected a member of the sixteenth Bundestag, and succeeded Franz Münteferingas Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, when the latter left office in 2007. In ...
After the 2017 federal election, the CDU, CSU and SPD agreed to continue a coalition, Scholz was accepted by all parties as Federal Minister of Finance. Scholz was sworn in alongside the rest of the Government on 14 March 2018. He also took the role of Vice-Chancellor of Germany under Angela Merkel.Within his first months in office, Scholz became o...
2021 federal election
On August 10, 2020, the SPD party executive nominated him as its chancellor candidate for the 2021 federal election in Germany. Scholz led the SPD to a narrow victory in the election, winning 25.8% of the vote and 206 seats in the Bundestag. On 8 December 2021, Scholz was elected and sworn-in as Chancellor by the Bundestag with 395 votes in favour and 303 against. At 63 years, 177 days of age, Scholz is the oldest person to become Chancellor of Germany since Ludwig Erhardwho was 66 years, 255...
Tenure
During his campaign in the 2021 election, Scholz was against forcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. However, since the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantbegan to rise in late November 2021, he supported a vaccine mandate, including closure of non-essential retail stores to unvaccinated adults and a vaccine mandate for adults.
Scholz is married to SPD politician Britta Ernst since 1998. The couple live in Potsdamsince 2018. Scholz was raised in the Protestant Church in Germany and later left it. At his inauguration as chancellor in 2021, Scholz took the oath of office without a reference to God (the second chancellor to do so after Gerhard Schröder). He is the first chan...
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Dec 8, 2021 · 8 December 2021. Reuters. "If you want Scholz, you'll vote SPD" - Olaf Scholz presented himself as continuity candidate in his campaign. He won Germany's general election, and now the man...
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Nov 24, 2021 · Nov. 24, 2021. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版. BERLIN — Olaf Scholz succeeded in his campaign to become the next chancellor of Germany primarily by convincing voters that he would be very much like the...
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Olaf Scholz is a German politician who has been serving as the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
