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2021-01-16T10:59:46.214Z
Berlin (dpa) - North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet is to become the new CDU boss as the successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The 59-year-old prevailed on Saturday at the digital CDU party convention in a runoff election against ex-Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz. The decision still has to be formally confirmed by postal vote.
Berlin (dpa) - North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet is to become the new CDU boss as the successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
The 59-year-old prevailed on Saturday at the digital CDU party convention in a runoff election against ex-Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz.
The decision still has to be formally confirmed by postal vote.
Source: welt
