German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced this morning that Pistorius will be appointed as future defense minister and he will be taking an oath in the Bundestag next Thursday.
Boris Pistorius, then Interior Minister of Lower Saxony, speaks at a press conference on the topic of "Organized Crime in Lower Saxony 2021" in Hannover, Germany, December 8, 2022. MORITZ FRANKENBERG / AP