Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz in 2009
Mayor of Hamburg
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 March 2011
Preceded by Christoph Ahlhaus
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
21 November 2007 – 27 October 2009
Preceded by Franz Müntefering
Succeeded by Franz Josef Jung
Senator of the Interior of Hamburg
In office
30 May 2001 – 31 October 2001
Preceded by Hartmuth Wrocklage
Succeeded by Ronald Schill
Vice Chairman of SPD
with Hannelore Kraft, Klaus Wowereit and Manuela Schwesig
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 November 2009
Preceded by Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Peer Steinbrück
Andrea Nahles
Personal details
Born 6 June 1958 (1958-06-06) (age 53)
Osnabrück, Germany
Nationality  Germany
Political party SPD
Alma mater University of Hamburg
Occupation Lawyer
Website OlafScholz.de

Olaf Scholz (German pronunciation: [ˈoːlɐf ˈʃɔlts]; born 14 June 1958(1958-06-14) in Osnabrück) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and Mayor of Hamburg since 7 March 2011.

From May to October 2001 he was Minister of the Interior (Innensenator) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and from 2002 to 2004 he was general secretary of the SPD. Scholz succeeded Franz Müntefering as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, when the latter left office in 2007.[1]

In 2010 Olaf Scholz participated in the annual Bilderberg Meeting in Sitges, Spain.[2]

On 20 February 2011 the Social Democrats led by Scholz won the Hamburg state election, 2011 with 48.3% of the votes, resulting in 62 out of 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament.[3] Scholz resigned as a member of the seventeenth Bundestag on 11 March 2011 shortly after his election as First Mayor.

References

  1. ^ Andreas Cremer and Brian Parkin, "Muentefering, Vice-Chancellor Under Merkel, Quits", Bloomberg.com, November 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Official Bilderberg Meeting Website
  3. ^ AICGS Coverage of the 2011 Land Elections
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v · d · eThe First Merkel Cabinet, 22 November 2005 – 28 October 2009
Franz Müntefering/Olaf Scholz (since 22 Nov 2007) (SPD) | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) | Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) | Brigitte Zypries (SPD) | Peer Steinbrück (SPD) | Michael Glos/Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (since 10 Feb 2009) (CSU) | Horst Seehofer/Ilse Aigner (since 31 Oct 2008) (CSU) | Franz Josef Jung (CDU) | Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) | Ulla Schmidt (SPD) | Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) | Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) | Annette Schavan (CDU) | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) | Thomas de Maizière (CDU)
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Preceded by
Franz Müntefering		 General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
2002-2004		 Succeeded by
Klaus Uwe Benneter


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