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Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz is a German politician who served as the chancellor of Germany from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021. He was also First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018, deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019, and Federal Minister of Labour and Soc…
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Born 14 June 1958 · Q61053
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2035· 1 entry
2026· 6 entries
“Azerbaijan is becoming an increasingly important partner for both Germany and the European Union”
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“We have concluded treaties that are valid and have settled the past issues and the compensation”
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Mshale: Livestream: TV Debate Between German Chancellor Scholz And Opposition Leader Merz | DW News Infodimanche (LB91tnZuJp)
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The Economic Times: German knife attack: Chancellor Scholz vows tougher laws after Solingen stabbings
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Mshale: Daniel Klose Vs. Tim Scholz - HYLO PDC Europe Super League 2025 - Last 16 - Full Match Sarah Ferguson (XdJPSAW5xH)
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That could hit Russian territory within 10 minutes
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2025· 3 entries
fact checker rated the claim “German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared a state of emergency in Germany due to Trump's peace plan for Ukraine.” misleading.
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Reported claimRated Incorrect. A spokesperson for the German government said these claims were “fictitious”, and there’s no evidence Mr Scholz owns any property in the US. The house shown in the video is actually an LAPD police academy owned by the City of Los Angeles, and has not been burnt down by the wildfires. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A video shows a multimillion dollar home owned by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that was recently destroyed by wildfires in Los Angeles.” Incorrect. A spokesperson for the German government said these claims were “fictitious”, and there’s no evidence Mr Scholz owns any property in the US. The house shown in the video is actually an LAPD police academy owned by the City of Los Angeles, and has not been burnt down by the wildfires..
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2025).
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2024· 4 entries
CNBC: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, clearing the way for February election
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Yahoo: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll ask for a vote of confidence in December
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German authorities ordered the deportation of Russian nationals who wanted to avoid mobilization and criticized Putin's government on the grounds that they would not face persecution in Russia
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Leading Scholz to describe housing as Germany's most pressing social issue
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2023· 4 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2023).
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Awarded Global Citizen Awards (2023).
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The highest number since 2016, when 722,370 people applied for asylum
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1,933,000 people immigrated to Germany, including 276,000 from Ukraine and 126,000 from Turkey, while 1,270,000 people emigrated
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2022· 6 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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Alt News rated the claim “Nehru's portrait on the wall during Modi-Scholz meet in Germany” False.
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The Quint rated the claim “There was a photo of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru in the room where PM Modi met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.” False.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Picture shows an image of Jawaharlal Nehru is hanging on the wall during the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.” False.
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“s recognition of two self-declared separatist republics within Ukraine. Scholz spoke against allowing the European Union to cut Russia off from the SWIFT global interbank payment system. In an emergency meeting of the Bundestag on 27 February, Scholz made the Zeitenwende speech, announcing a complete reversal of German military and foreign policy, including the commencement of weapons shipments to Ukraine and a €100 billion increase in Germany”
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Scholz stated that Russian deserters and draft evaders who refused to take part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine should be protected in Germany
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2021· 4 entries
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2021–2025).
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“of course we knew, and we know, that our solidarity with Ukraine will have consequences.”
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Took the oath of office without a reference to God (the second chancellor to do so after Gerhard Schröder)
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Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Germany (2021–2025).
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2020· 2 entries
Was nominated as the SPD's candidate for Chancellor of Germany for the 2021 federal election
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Certified the same deficiencies in the tax concept that Tenhagen had already pointed out
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2019· 1 entry
Scholz ran for leader of the SPD, but lost to Norbert Walter-Borjans
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2018· 5 entries
Published video “Olaf Scholz: Regierungserklärung Finanzen und Haushalt”.
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2018–2021).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister of Finance (2018–2021).
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Suggested the creation of an EU-wide unemployment insurance system to make the Eurozone more resilient to future economic shocks
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Scholz was appointed as both minister of finance and Vice Chancellor of Germany
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2017· 1 entry
Scholz was criticised for his handling of riots that took place during the G20 summit in Hamburg
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2015· 2 entries
Scholz led Hamburg's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics with an estimated budget of €11
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Career landmark: Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation (2015–2018).
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2013· 3 entries
Published video “Hangout mit Bürgermeister Olaf Scholz: Social Media & die Transformation der Medien”.
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Scholz opposed a public initiative aiming at a complete buyback of energy grids that the city of Hamburg had sold to utilities Vattenfall Europe AG and E
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Said that he found the nickname "very appropriate"
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2012· 3 entries
Published video “Landesparteitag am 2. Dezember 2012”.
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Published video “"Das Ziel für uns bei der nächsten Bundestagswahl ist ein Regierungswechsel"”.
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Published video “Hamburg bekennt Farbe. Kommen Sie am 2. Juni auf den Rathausmarkt.”.
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: First Mayor of Hamburg (2011–2018).
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Scholz was the lead SPD candidate at the Hamburg state election, which the SPD won with 48
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2010· 1 entry
Participated in the annual Bilderberg Meeting in Sitges, Spain
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2009· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2009–2011).
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2007· 3 entries
Career landmark: Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2007–2009).
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Scholz was appointed to serve as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the first Merkel Government, succeeding Franz Müntefering
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As Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2005–2009).
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2002· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (2002–2005).
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the SPD (2002–2004).
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2001· 2 entries
Career landmark: Senator of the Interior (2001–2001).
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And became general secretary of the SPD in 2002, where he served alongside SPD leader and then-chancellor Gerhard Schröder
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1998–2001).
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1987· 1 entry
Scholz crossed the inner-German border again and stood up for disarmament agreements as Juso-Vice at an FDJ peace rally in Wittenberg alongside FDJ head Eberhard Aurich
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at University of Hamburg (1978–1985).
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1984· 1 entry
“made almost all possible mistakes at some point”
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1977· 1 entry
Began studying law at the University of Hamburg in 1978 as part of a one-stage legal training course
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1975· 1 entry
As a student, where he came into contact with the Jusos, the youth organization of the SPD
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1974· 1 entry
And the subsequent unrecognized occupation of the northern part of the island
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1958· 2 entries
Born 1958-06-14.
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“in The Star, 27 February 2022. It”
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1945· 1 entry
With Germany finally renouncing its claims to these territories – including East Prussia, most of Silesia, as well as the eastern parts of Brandenburg and Pomerania – in the Two Plus Four Agreement in 1990
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