Olaf Scholz.
German politician (SPD), ninth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021–2025), Member of the Bundestag
Germany’s Left-Wing Leader Collapses Government Amid Unease Around Trump Presidential Win
Germany’s coalition government collapsed on Wednesday after left-wing Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, just one day after President-elect Donald Trump won the U.S. elections. Scholz’s…
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About Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz is a German politician who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025. 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. He was also First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018, deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019, and Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2007 to 2009.
Everything about Olaf Scholz →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, First Mayor of Hamburg, member of the German Bundestag, member of the German Bundestag
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- June 14, 1958
- Website
- http://www.olafscholz.hamburg, https://olaf-scholz.spd.de, https://olaf-scholz.spd.de/start