Berlin: Olaf Scholes, 63, has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor. Olaf is the ninth chancellor of the country since World War II. Scholes won a majority of 395 votes in a secret ballot in the lower house of parliament yesterday. In the 736 – seat lower house, Scholes’ Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Free Democrats allied together for 416 seats. Scholes is set to succeed Angela Merkel, who has led Germany for the past 16 years. Along with Angala, Scholes was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance. Another important feature is that women hold key positions in the equal proportional cabinet headed by Olaf.
Femininity
He declared cabinet members by describing himself as a “feminist” who said women had half the power in the society in which we live. The cabinet consists of 8 women and 8 men. The path ahead for the incumbent Scholes is fraught with challenges as the spread of Kovid in the country continues unabated. Scholes has appointed epidemiologist Carl Lauterbach as the country’s health minister. As Home Minister, he oversees the country’s police forces and internal intelligence agencies
Incumbent Justice Minister Kristin Lambert will be the new Minister of Defense. Annalena Barbok also became Germany’s first female foreign minister.
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