Olaf Scholz elected Chancellor of the German Parliament
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was elected today (8) federal chancellor by the German Parliament (Bundestag), where the party he leads and the allies in the government coalition, green and liberal, have a majority.
Scholz, who will assume the ninth chancellery since the end of World War II, succeeds the conservative Angela Merkel, who passes to power after 16 years in the German Executive, after being vice chancellor and finance minister in her last grand coalition.
The new chancellor-elect received 395 votes.
The three-party coalition holds 416 of the 734 seats in the lower house of Parliament.
Scholz will even today be formally appointed Chancellor by the President of Germany and sworn in by the Speaker of Parliament.
Olaf Scholz takes over with great hope of modernizing Germany and combating climate change, but he faces the immediate challenge of dealing with the country's most difficult phase, associated with the covid-19 pandemic.
Angela Merkel
On the 3rd, Chancellor Angela Merkel received high military honors from Germany just days away from leaving office. She led the country for 16 years and faced crises from the euro, migrants and now the pandemic.
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