(ANSA) - BERLIN, 08 DEC - The Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was elected Chancellor by the Bundestag in Berlin with 395 votes.
This is how the Merkel era ends after 16 years in Germany.
At 63, Scholz becomes the fourth SPD chancellor after Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt and Gerhard Schroeder.
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