Olaf Scholz sworn in as new German Chancellor
Dec 8, 2021
Olaf Scholz sworn in as new German Chancellor — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) The German Bundestag today confirmed the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the country’s new Chancellor, ushering in the end of former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s era and the start of a new three-party government, the first in the nation’s democratic history.
Scholz is only the ninth person to become the German Chancellor since the end of the Second World War, with three figures more or less dominating for decades.
