(FILES) Joerg Kukies, state secretary at the finance ministry, takes his seat before being questioned by a German Federal parliament committee investigating the financial scandal over payment systems provider Wirecard in Berlin on April 21, 2021. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz' adviser Joerg Kukies named was named Germany's new Finance minister, on November 7, 2024, according to government's sources. (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BERND VON JUTRCZENKA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)