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Berlin, 08 December 2021: the Bundestag has assembled to elect the new Federal Chancellor.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Caretaker Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel also attends the Bundestag session, watching from the VIP gallery.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
The first item on the agenda is the election of the new Federal Chancellor. Olaf Scholz is elected ninth Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
395 members of parliament vote for Scholz. Afterwards he is congratulated on his election, here by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
The election in the Bundestag is followed by a ceremony at Bellevue Palace.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
A brief conversation with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
Olaf Scholz then receives his certificate of appointment from the Federal President.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
Back in the Bundestag, he is sworn in by Parliamentary President Bärbel Bas.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Olaf Scholz is the first cabinet member to take his place on the new government bench.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Afterwards, the new Federal Ministers gather at Bellevue Palace. They too are presented with their certificates of appointment.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
The new Federal Cabinet consists of 16 ministers, eight women and eight men.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
The new Federal Government poses for a group photograph for the first time.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
Each of the new cabinet members finds their own way back to the Bundestag. The new Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir opts to go by bicycle.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
With all the new ministers sworn in, the government bench is now fully occupied.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
In the afternoon, Angela Merkel officially hands over the Federal Chancellery and congratulates her successor.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
“Take leadership of this agency and work with it to achieve the very best for our country,” she says to the new Federal Chancellor at the handover.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler

Berlin, 08 December 2021: the Bundestag has assembled to elect the new Federal Chancellor.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Caretaker Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel also attends the Bundestag session, watching from the VIP gallery.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
The first item on the agenda is the election of the new Federal Chancellor. Olaf Scholz is elected ninth Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
395 members of parliament vote for Scholz. Afterwards he is congratulated on his election, here by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
The election in the Bundestag is followed by a ceremony at Bellevue Palace.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
A brief conversation with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
Olaf Scholz then receives his certificate of appointment from the Federal President.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
Back in the Bundestag, he is sworn in by Parliamentary President Bärbel Bas.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Olaf Scholz is the first cabinet member to take his place on the new government bench.
Photo: Federal Government/Steins
Afterwards, the new Federal Ministers gather at Bellevue Palace. They too are presented with their certificates of appointment.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
The new Federal Cabinet consists of 16 ministers, eight women and eight men.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
The new Federal Government poses for a group photograph for the first time.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
Each of the new cabinet members finds their own way back to the Bundestag. The new Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir opts to go by bicycle.
Photo: Federal Government/Denzel
With all the new ministers sworn in, the government bench is now fully occupied.
Photo: Federal Government/Bergmann
In the afternoon, Angela Merkel officially hands over the Federal Chancellery and congratulates her successor.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler
“Take leadership of this agency and work with it to achieve the very best for our country,” she says to the new Federal Chancellor at the handover.
Photo: Federal Government/Kugler