Scholz is the former vice-chancellor and finance minister of the outgoing chancellor, Angela Merkel, who served for 16 years.
GERMANY’S parliament has elected Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the country’s new Chancellor with climate and energy set to be front-and-centre of the new government’s agenda.
Scholz is the former vice-chancellor and finance minister of the outgoing chancellor, Angela Merkel, who served for 16 years.