Olaf Scholz
Chancellor of Germany since 2021
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| March 25 2025 | Constitutional amendment passed before the 21st Bundestag was constituted, preventing potential blocking by The Left and AfD parties, requiring a two-thirds majority to change the German constitution. |
| March 2025 | Secured approval from German lawmakers for a constitutional amendment allowing the most significant German rearmament since World War II, with a spending package supported by SPD, CDU, and the Greens. |
| February 23 2025 | Scholz wins his constituency in the first vote of the 2025 German federal election and is elected to the 21st Bundestag |
| February 23 2025 | After exit polls, Scholz announced he would not seek to be part of a government led by Friedrich Merz. |
| February 23 2025 | SPD lost the federal elections to Friedrich Merz's CDU, placing third behind Alternative for Germany with their worst post-war result. |
| February 23 2025 | New elections were called for this date following the dissolution of the Bundestag at the request of Olaf Scholz. |
| January 11 2025 | Scholz's chancellor candidacy was officially confirmed at the SPD party congress, with his nomination approved by acclamation. |
| 2024 | German authorities ordered the deportation of Russian nationals seeking to avoid mobilization, arguing that these individuals would not face persecution in Russia. |
| December 2024 | Scholz criticized Volkswagen's plans to close factories in Germany, proposing a European subsidy program for electric vehicles. |
| December 16 2024 | Loses a vote of confidence in the Bundestag. |
| December 16 2024 | Loses a vote of confidence. |
| December 16 2024 | Olaf Scholz lost a vote of no confidence and requested President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the Bundestag, which led to new elections called for 23 February 2025. |
| November 2024 | In a phone call, Olaf Scholz urged Vladimir Putin to withdraw forces from Ukraine and start peace talks, a move that was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| November 25 2024 | Scholz was unanimously renominated as chancellor candidate by the SPD party's executive committee. |
| November 21 2024 | Boris Pistorius released a video ending public speculation about his potential chancellor candidacy, expressing full support for Scholz despite internal party debates about his leadership. |
| November 6 2024 | Olaf Scholz's government majority collapsed as he dismissed Christian Lindner from the post of Federal Minister of Finance and broke up the coalition agreement. |
| October 2024 | Scholz warned of the potential deindustrialization of Germany amidst economic challenges. |
| September 14 2024 | On September 14, 2024, Scholz and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement to open the German labor market to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled migrant workers from Kenya. |
| September 11 2024 | On September 11, 2024, Scholz emphasized the necessity for Germany to remain open to immigration to sustain economic growth, pledging protection for those politically persecuted. |
| August 2024 | In response to a deadly attack in Solingen by a Syrian asylum seeker, Scholz called for stricter immigration measures and expedited deportations. |
| July 2024 | Scholz supported the deployment of US long-range missiles in Germany, a decision that faced criticism from various political factions. |
| June 2024 | Scholz praised Volkswagen AG's initiative to develop cheaper electric cars for the European market. |
| June 2024 | Scholz welcomed Argentine President Javier Milei in Berlin, expressing support for the EU–Mercosur free trade agreement. |
| May 2024 | Scholz criticized planned EU tariffs on imports of Chinese electric vehicles and emphasized the role of Western brands in China's electric vehicle production. |
| May 2024 | In May 2024, Olaf Scholz authorized Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with German-supplied weapons. |
| May 28 2024 | Scholz stated that his government has no plans to officially recognize a Palestinian state. |
| 2023 | The Federal Constitutional Court demanded budget cuts totaling to ensure the government would not surpass debt limits as set in the constitution, posing a significant challenge for Scholz's cabinet. |
| 2023 | Olaf Scholz authorized substantial German military and medical aid to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war. |
| 2023 | In 2023, a total of 1,933,000 people immigrated to Germany, marking a significant movement of people into the country. |
| December 2023 | Speaking at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Scholz called for a phase-out of fossil fuels and reaffirmed Germany's commitment to climate neutrality by 2045. |
| November 12 2023 | Scholz rejected calls for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's conflict with Hamas, arguing it would enable Hamas to recover. |
| October 17 2023 | Scholz arrived in Israel and warned Iran and Hezbollah not to get involved in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. |
| September 2023 | More than 120 boats carrying approximately 7,000 migrants from Africa arrived on the island of Lampedusa within 24 hours, with some of the migrants relocated to Germany. |
| September 4 2023 | Olaf Scholz announced that he would be wearing an eyepatch following a jogging accident. |
| May 2023 | Scholz met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa to normalize relations between Germany and Ethiopia, which had been strained by the Tigray War. |
| March 14 2023 | Scholz met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin to discuss the export of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Germany and the EU. |
| January 2023 | In January 2023, Olaf Scholz announced the decision to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Scholz declared that Russian deserters and draft evaders refusing to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine should be granted protection in Germany. |
| November 2022 | Scholz expressed support for the European Green Deal and reaffirmed Germany's goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2045. |
| September 2022 | Scholz visited the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia to deepen ties and seek alternative energy sources for Germany. |
| September 2022 | In September, Olaf Scholz condemned the treatment of ethnic Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region. |
| September 2022 | Three of the four Nord Stream pipelines were destroyed during the ongoing conflict. |
| September 1 2022 | By September 1, 2022, the volume of German arms deliveries to Ukraine surpassed all but the United States and the United Kingdom, establishing Germany as a reliable partner in Ukraine. |
| June 16 2022 | Olaf Scholz visited Kyiv alongside French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to discuss the war in Ukraine and the country's EU membership. |
| May 9 2022 | Olaf Scholz delivered a speech condemning the Russian invasion, asserting that Putin's actions are a distortion of history and an affront to Ukraine's culture and identity. |
| April 6 2022 | In response to public outrage following the Bucha massacre, Olaf Scholz's government changed its policy, pledging more military support to Ukraine. |
| March 23 2022 | In a speech to Germany's parliament, Olaf Scholz emphasized the importance of supporting Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion. |
| March 3 2022 | Olaf Scholz announced plans to build two new LNG terminals to reduce reliance on Russian gas amid the ongoing crisis. |
| February 27 2022 | In an emergency meeting of the Bundestag, Scholz delivered the Zeitenwende speech, announcing a significant policy reversal, including an increase in Germany's defense budget and the commencement of weapons shipments to Ukraine. |
| February 26 2022 | Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Olaf Scholz reversed his decision and pledged to supply Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and Stinger missiles. |
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