Question

    Friedrich Merz became the ______ Chancellor of

    Germany.
    A 10th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 14th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 17th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 21st Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Friedrich Merz, leader of the Conservative Party, was appointed as the 10th Chancellor of Germany.He secured a majority with 325 votes in the Bundestag. His Christian Democratic Union (CDU), in alliance with the Social Democrats, won the February 2025 elections, holding 328 seats collectively.Merz is the first Chancellor to lose a Bundestag vote since Germany's independence and the oldest to assume office since Konrad Adenauer.

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