Olaf Scholz, the prime minister of Germany, tweeted a picture of himself wearing an eye patch on Sept. 4, 2023. Scholz suffered an injury while jogging.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz adjusts his black eye patch during the first day of the budget 2024 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2023. AP.

Topline. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz posted a picture of himself with an eye patch and bruising on his face to X, formerly known as Twitter—along with a call for memes— after a jogging ...

This handout photo provided by the German government press office, Bundespresseamt, shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with a black eye-pad at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joked that he was eagerly awaiting social media reaction after an official photograph released on Monday showed him wearing an eye patch following a weekend jogging ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face -- the result of a jogging accident on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz posted a photo of himself wearing a black eye patch over his right eye that is surrounded by dark-red bruises — which came from a jogging incident over the weekend.

Wishing the chancellor a speedy recovery, POLITICO looked back to the five most famous eye patches in political history. Olaf Scholz. The German chancellor, who jogs up to three times a week, fell on ...