New Chancellor of Germany elected
Bundestag deputies in secret ballot elected Olaf Scholz as the new Chancellor of Germany Chancellor of Germany. The broadcast from the meeting at which the voting took place was published on the Bundestag's Twitter. According to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, the chancellor is elected by secret ballot without debate, already in the first round. The assembled politicians congratulated him on his election. Scholz received the majority of votes in his favor among the deputies of the lower house of parliament (736 in total). 395 votes Scholz received in the Bundestag Now the future chancellor will go to a meeting with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, after which he will take the oath of office in parliament . Angela Merkel officially resigns Thus, lawmakers ended the 16-year period of rule of ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel. The current head of the German government will step down immediately after the election of