The CSU member of the state parliament Martin Huber (44) will be the new general secretary of his party and thus the successor to the resigned Stephan Mayer.
Party leader Markus Söder announced this personnel decision on Friday in a switching conference of the CSU board, as the German Press Agency in Munich learned from participants.
Several other media also reported on the personnel.
The previous CSU General Secretary Stephan Mayer surprisingly resigned on Tuesday evening.
After little more than two months in office, Stephan Mayer announced his resignation.
The 48-year-old named health reasons in a written statement.
At the same time, however, he admitted that, in retrospect, the choice of words was "possibly" inappropriate to a "Bunte" journalist.
The journalist had previously accused Mayer of threatening him over the phone in connection with a report on Mayer's private life.
Söder announced on Wednesday that he would quickly clarify the successor.
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