The Brandenburg Member of Parliament Linda Teuteberg has been elected the new FDP General Secretary. The 38-year-old lawyer received at the FDP party congress in Berlin 93 percent of the delegates votes.
She replaces Nicola Beer, the top candidate of the Liberals for the European elections. Beer was previously voted the new party vice with only 59 percent.
With Teuteberg FDP leader Christian Lindner wants to set a sign before the upcoming autumn elections in East Germany. There, a new state parliament is elected in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. In all three federal states, the liberals are not represented in the state parliament.
Teuteberg, who was able to distinguish herself as an interior politician, joined the FDP in 2000. She said in her application speech: "To enter the FDP at that time was not a mass movement in the east of Brandenburg." But it was one of her best decisions.
Yes, she comes from the East, that is emphasized again and again, but actually that is a "natural normality," said the 38-year-old. The people there have their own ideas and strengths, which should make the FDP the topic. One could be proud of what the citizens of Brandeburg and the East had done. Teuteberg received much applause for the speech.
Previously, Lindner had been confirmed with solid 86.64 percent as FDP chairman. In the previous election he had got 91 percent. Lindner said after the re-election, this is a great result, which motivates him to continue.
His deputy Wolfgang Kubicki received just under 85 percent. He was at the last election before Lindner. In the FDP it was said that it was a question of normalizing the election results. Katja Suding received 82 percent of the vote as a party vice. As assessors Michael Theurer (75 percent), Volker Wissing (88 percent) and Frank Sitta (89 percent) were elected.