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Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis. Follow DW for more.

But the dramatic day in Germany’s Bundestag ended up turning to Merz’s advantage, as a second round of voting brought the 69-year-old over the necessary threshold, confirming him as chancellor.

Merz secured the necessary absolute majority to succeed Olaf Scholz in a hastily organized second round, receiving 325 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament.

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Merz, a Catholic, lives among the hills and forests of the Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia state. At 198 centimetres (six foot six), Merz stands out in a crowd.

2021 – Returns to his previous seat in the Bundestag. January 2022 - After two failed bids for CDU party leadership, in 2018 and 2021, Merz is selected to lead the party.