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| Author (Corporate) | Cardiff EDC |
| Publication Date | February 2018 |
| Content Type | News |
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Summary: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected new Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) secretary general on 26 February 2018. Further information: Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer took over from Peter Tauber, who stepped down due to health reasons. The name was proposed by Angela Merkel, which analysts assessed as a suggestion she could quickly become the preferred figure to suceed Ms Merkel in the party leadership. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer grew up in a Catholic family in Saarland. She joined the CDU in 1981 as a student and worked her way up in state-level politics. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer became the first woman to serve as a state minister for internal affairs in 2000 and the first woman to serce as prime minister of Saarland, a position she held from 2011 to 2018. |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Subject Tags | National Politics |
| Keywords | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian Democratic Union of Germany [CDU] |
| Countries / Regions | Germany |
