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title: "Who replaced Angela Merkel to become the new Chancellor of Germany?"  
description: "Who replaced Angela Merkel to become the new Chancellor of Germany?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-02-01  
updated: 2022-02-01  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95390/who-replaced-angela-merkel-to-become-the-new-chancellor-of-germany  
category: "current affair"  
tags: ["germany", "current affair", "angela merkel", "new chancellor", "replaced"]  
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# Who replaced Angela Merkel to become the new Chancellor of Germany?

Who replaced [Angela Merkel](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80955/communication-crisis-under-angela-merkel-s-germany) to become the new Chancellor of [Germany](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1893/bmw-test-car-veers-into-traffic-in-germany-lead-to-1-death-and-9-injured)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Olaf Scholz has now been welcomed in as Germany's new Chancellor, ending Angela Merkel's four-year tenure at the helm of Europe's largest economy.**

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[**Olaf Scholz**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Scholz) is a **German statesman** who has been the country's Chancellor since December 8, 2021. He formerly worked as **Vice of Germany for Angela Merkel and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021 as a part of the Social Democratic Party**. He was the First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 until 2018 and the SPD's vice chairman from 2009 to 2019. Scholz's [**national**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94231/when-was-the-national-security-act-passed) administration will be a **traffic signal coalition** of his SPD, the Greens, and the Free Democratic Party after the German national election in 2021. \
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Scholz was named **Minister of Finance and Vice-Chancellor of Germany** after the SPD joined Merkel's Fourth Merkel [**Government**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94641/who-can-file-an-rti-to-the-government-what-s-the-procedure) in 2018. He was chosen by the SPD as the chosen nominee for Chancellor of Germany in the 2021 national election in 2020. The party secured a majority of Bundestag seats and established a coalition with the Greens and the FDP. Scholz was **nominated and invested** in as Chancellor by the Bundestag on December 8, 2021.


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