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Olaf Souls has been elected Prime Minister of Germany. Thus ended the rule of Angela Merkel who ruled there for the last 16 years with yesterday.
The general election was held there last September. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union Party suffered a major setback. The left-wing Social Democrats won the most seats.
The referendum on electing Germany’s new prime minister took place yesterday in the country’s parliament. Former Deputy Prime Minister Olab Souls was elected the new Prime Minister and took office immediately.
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