Olaf Scholz is Federal Minister of Finance. Prior to that he was First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Born in the state of Lower Saxony, Olaf Scholz headed the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2007 to 2009.
(Photo: Dominik Butzmann)
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Born on 14 June 1958 in Osnabrück; married
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1977
Abitur (higher education entrance qualification), Gymnasium Heegen, Hamburg-Rahlstedt -
1978 - 1985
Studied law -
since 1985
Lawyer
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1998 - 2001
Member of the German Bundestag -
May 2001 - October 2001
Interior Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg -
2002 - 2011
Member of the German Bundestag -
2005 - 2007
First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag -
2007 - 2009
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs -
2009 - 2011
Vice Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag -
2011 - 2018
First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg -
since February 2018
Acting Chairman of the SPD -
since March 2018
Federal Minister of Finance