Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hubertus Heil, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal state President of Germany, Julia Kloeckner, and Olaf Scholz (f.l.t.r) during a ceremony of the handing over of the certificates of discharge to the Chancellor and the ministerial members of the Federal Government due to the termination of their offices at the Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin, Germany. While the previous government was decommissioned today, it will continue in a temporary role until a new government is formed.
