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Olaf Scholz

Politician

Olaf Scholz is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Olaf SCHOLZ · Olaf Scholz · Olafs Šolcs · Όλαφ Σολτς · Олаф Шолтс · 12 more...				[sources]
Other name	Chancellor Scholz · Olaf Scholz · Olaf Şolts · Olaus Scholz · Scholz · 17 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-06-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Osnabrück				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Germany				[sources]
Country	Germany				[sources]
Citizenship	Germany				[sources]
First name	Olaf				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Scholz				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	www.olafscholz.hamburg · olaf-scholz.spd.de				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q61053				[sources]
Position	Bundestag (member, 2002-2005) · Bundestag (member, 2005-2009) · Bundestag (member, 2009-2011) · Chancellor · Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation (2015-2018) · 13 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Hamburg (1978-1985)				[sources]
Religion	irreligion				[sources]
Source link	www.abgeordnetenwatch.de · www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-12	Last processed	2025-01-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Werner Ratz Close Associate	partner in business or sport	1982-06-10	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ingo Scholz Close Associate	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Jens Scholz Close Associate	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Christel Scholz Close Associate	mother	-	-
Gerhard Scholz Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Chancellor of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Member of the Bundestag	2009-10-27	2011-03-11
Member of the Bundestag	2021-09-29	2025-10-26
Chancellor	-	-
Member of the Bundestag	2021-10-26	-
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	2007-11-21	2009-10-28
Vice-Chancellor of Germany	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Member of the Bundestag	2021-10-26	-
Federal Minister of Finance	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Federal Chancellor of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Federal Minister of Finance	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Chancellor	2021-12-08	-
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	2007-11-21	2009-10-28
Member of the Bundestag	2002-10-17	2005-10-18
Member of the Bundestag	2005-10-18	2009-10-27
Member of the 21st Hamburg Parliament	-	-
Vice-Chancellor of Germany	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Member of the 21st Hamburg Parliament	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Britta Ernst Politician	spouse	1998	-

Data sources

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government875

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories432,164

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

German Legislators from AbgeordnetenWatch2,640

Members of the German national legislature (The Bundestag) and state legislatures (Landstag).

Germany · Parlamentwatch e.V. · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,064

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,055

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons247,660

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician58,850

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata384,699

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Werner Ratz Close Associate	partner in business or sport	1982-06-10	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Ingo Scholz Close Associate	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Jens Scholz Close Associate	sibling · younger brother	-	-
Christel Scholz Close Associate	mother	-	-
Gerhard Scholz Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Federal Chancellor of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Member of the Bundestag	2009-10-27	2011-03-11
Member of the Bundestag	2021-09-29	2025-10-26
Chancellor	-	-
Member of the Bundestag	2021-10-26	-
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	2007-11-21	2009-10-28
Vice-Chancellor of Germany	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Member of the Bundestag	2021-10-26	-
Federal Minister of Finance	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Federal Chancellor of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Federal Minister of Finance	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany	2021-12-08	-
Chancellor	2021-12-08	-
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	2007-11-21	2009-10-28
Member of the Bundestag	2002-10-17	2005-10-18
Member of the Bundestag	2005-10-18	2009-10-27
Member of the 21st Hamburg Parliament	-	-
Vice-Chancellor of Germany	2018-03-14	2021-12-08
Member of the 21st Hamburg Parliament	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Britta Ernst Politician	spouse	1998	-