Olaf Scholz is a German SPD politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Germany from 8 December 2021 to 6 May 2025. He was born on 14 June 1958 in Osnabrück, was mayor of Hamburg in 2011–2018 and federal finance minister in 2018–2021. Since 25 March 2025 he has again been a member of the Bundestag.
In February 2024 Scholz and Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a security cooperation agreement. In November 2024 he spoke to Putin by phone for the first time in almost two years and said Germany would not send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. In December 2024 he visited Kyiv and announced 650 million euros of military aid, including IRIS-T, Patriot launchers and Gepard anti-aircraft tanks.
MykVisti covers Scholz’s statements on the war, German weapons for Ukraine and his talks with other leaders.