The upheaval is complete: the German Bundestag has elected Olaf Schultz, a senior member of the Social Democratic Party, as Germany's next chancellor.
This officially ended 16 years in which the Conservatives led by Angela Merkel ruled Germany.
395 out of 736 members of the Bundestag voted in favor of the formation of a new government, led by Schultz, in which the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals would sit together.
This is the first time that these three parties have formed a federal government in Germany.
These parties have 416 deputies in the current Bundestag, meaning 19 members of the new coalition did not vote for Schultz, some for health reasons.
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However, among the three parties there is opposition to the formation of the coalition, which connects ideologically opposing political currents to each other.
Following parliamentary approval, Schultz was officially appointed Chancellor by the President of Germany.
Schultz, 63, served as deputy chancellor and finance minister in Angela Merkel's outgoing government.
He was elected as the Social Democrats' candidate for chancellor due to his identification as a factor representing the mainstream of the party, as opposed to its left-leaning leadership.
Schultz managed to lead the Social Democrats to victory in the general election held last September, the first victory in 16 years.
After his new government, which for the first time includes the same number of ministers and ministers, is sworn in by the German president, it will convene for its first meeting tonight.
The most urgent task facing the new government is to deal with the outbreak of the fourth wave of the corona plague in Germany, which has been breaking records since the outbreak of the plague.
About 70,000 new cases of infection have been registered in the last day, as well as 524 deaths.
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