Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, finishing 16 years of conservative rule under Angela Merkel.
Scholz, 63, who served as vice-chancellor and finance minister in Merkel’s outgoing government, got a clear majority on Wednesday of 395 votes from lawmakers in the Bundestag lower house of parliament, Bundestag President Baerbel Bas said.
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