On Tuesday, January 17, it became known that he would replace Christine Lambrecht as Germany's defense minister.
Earlier, the head of the defense ministry resigned, claiming too much media attention to her person. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accepted Lambrecht's resignation.
According to the newspaper Spiegel, he did not have to worry about choosing a candidate for replacement. The new Minister of Defense of Germany will be Boris Pistorius, Scholz's party colleague and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lower Saxony.
In the summer of 2022, he voiced his support for the initiative of the Canadian authorities to confiscate the assets of the Russian oligarchs in order to transfer these funds for the needs of Ukraine.
In addition, Pistorius repeatedly supported Scholz, who was criticized for his decisions on Ukraine and Germany.