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Germany’s new Finance Minister Joerg Kukies inherits the job at a turbulent time for German politics.
Photo: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP
Source: AFP
Joerg Kukies, Germany’s new finance minister, is a former investment banker who has long been one of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s closest advisers, most recently as a state secretary.
The German leader first brought Kukies into the corridors of power in Berlin in 2018, when Scholz was finance minister under Angela Merkel — a move that caused much…
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