New Chancellor in Germany closes Merkel era

The German Social Democrat is the new chancellor of the country, thanks to his experience and a clean campaign

Olaf Scholz, is a 63-year-old automaton and social democrat, and is the official replacement of Angela Merkel in Germany, who was elected with more than 390 votes by the 736 deputies of the Bundestag.

It should be noted that, in order to be elected, he needed to have more than 360 votes in his favor, and he obtained many more, which was to be expected.

The alliance that the new chancellor has obtained has the government coalition of three parties, which are: the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Liberals of the FDP, and occupy 416 positions in the legislative system.

The end of one era and the beginning of another

With the new election as chancellor, Olaf Scholz, officially closes the conservative era of Angela Merkel, who had been in government for 16 years ; It is important to remember that in Merkel's fourth term, Scholz held the post as finance minister and vice chancellor.

After two and a half months of the elections in Germany, Olaf Scholz was elected and recognized as the new chancellor, who will present the oath with his government, in the presence of the deputies.

Transfer of powers

Through a ceremony led by the outgoing Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in the coming weeks, her former finance minister and vice chancellor will formally transfer powers in her last 4 years in office.

With this action, the leader will put an end to her political career, which she has led for 31 years, and in most of these always at the forefront in the first European economy and fourth in the world.

Who is Olaf Scholz?

He served the first coalition government of Angela Merkel, as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the 2000s. From 2011 to 2018 he served as Mayor of Hamburg, and served as Vice President of the SPD for 10 years.

Among his entire career, he held one of the most powerful positions in German politics, which was working as vice chancellor and finance minister during Merkel's government.

He is currently positioned as a pragmatic and confident man, totally focused on his work and moderate with his attitudes, without any bragging, even knowing that he was considered the worthy heir to Angela Merkel's mandate.