Olaf Scholz Portrait: Overview of the stations of his life in pictures

Olaf Scholz started as a defending champion, but with similarly poor chances as before his surprise victory three years ago. This time the catch -up is long in coming, which is also related to the poor sympathy values ​​of the Chancellor’s candidate. His communication style was criticized from the beginning of his term. The image of a lack of manager also depends on the 66-year-old Hamburger-which he vehemently denies himself.

In the election campaign, Scholz tries to score with his government experience – as Federal Minister, Mayor of Hamburg and Chancellor. At the very beginning, he was highlighted by his “Time Wende” speech on the Ukraine War and the overcoming of the energy crisis after the cap of Russian gas deliveries. The fact that he ended the permanent dispute in the traffic light coalition with the dismissal of finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) was celebrated in the SPD. Nevertheless, there was a discussion whether he was the right top man for the election campaign.

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Scholz lives in Potsdam, is married to the SPD politician Britta Ernst and likes to read. He discovered sports as a hobby late: running and rowing.

In 1958 Scholz was born in Osnabrück and grew up in Hamburg. In the Hanseatic city, he entered the SPD at the age of 17 and studied law after graduating from high school.

Throughout his life and career, he changes between Berlin and Hamburg. Always by his side: his partner and wife Britta Ernst (SPD). The deputy federal chairman of the SPD youth organization Jusos becomes the state chairman in Hamburg and finally SPD general secretary under his then sponsor Gerhard Schröder.

Under Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), he becomes Minister of Labor, but retires to the Hanseatic city in 2011 as the first mayor until Berlin calls again in 2018. There he rises to the Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor-but is always confronted with his time in Hamburg.

In 2001, the at the time of the interior of the interior approved the forced use of breakage in the city. Years later, he has to answer questions about the Cum-Ex scandal, although he cannot remember discussions. The riot and the police operation at the G20 summit in Hamburg are also being discussed for a long time.

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