Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 2005 Scholz was elected a member of the sixteenth Bundestag , and succeeded Franz MÃ 1\/4 ntefering as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs , when the latter left office in 2007 .
Simplified: Scholz succeeded Franz MÃ 1\/4 ntefering as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs , when the latter left office in 2007 .