Olaf Scholz
| Olaf Scholz | |
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| Olaf Scholz in 2009 | |
| First Mayor of Hamburg | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Christoph Ahlhaus |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office 21 November 2007 – 27 October 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Succeeded by | Franz Josef Jung |
| Senator of the Interior of Hamburg | |
| In office 30 May 2001 – 31 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Hartmuth Wrocklage |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Schill |
| Vice Chairman of SPD with Hannelore Kraft, Klaus Wowereit and Manuela Schwesig |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier Peer Steinbrück Andrea Nahles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1958 Osnabrück, Germany |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | OlafScholz.de |
Olaf Scholz, born 14 June 1958 in Osnabrück, is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and has been 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.
In 2005 Scholz was elected a member of the sixteenth Bundestag, and succeeded Franz Müntefering as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, when the latter left office in 2007.[1]
In 2010 Olaf Scholz took part 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 [change]
- ↑ Andreas Cremer and Brian Parkin, "Muentefering, Vice-Chancellor Under Merkel, Quits", Bloomberg.com, 13 November 2007.
- ↑ Official Bilderberg Meeting Website
- ↑ AICGS Coverage of the 2011 Land Elections
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