Union will Ilse Aigner as Germany's first female Federal President
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The CDU/CSU parliamentary group is proposing 61-year-old CSU politician Ilse Aigner as the successor to Frank-Walter Steinmeier. If elected, she would be the first woman in the history of the Federal Republic to hold the office of Federal President.
Steinmeier has held Germany's highest state office since 2017. The Federal President is not elected directly by the people, but by the Federal Convention. This body consists of the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of members sent by the state parliaments.
According to the report, Aigner's election is considered almost certain. The Union has enough votes in the Federal Convention to get its candidate through. Ilse Aigner is an experienced politician. She has served, among other roles, as a federal minister and for many years has been a well-known voice of her party in Bavaria and at the federal level.
The decision is being further prepared in the coming weeks. The official date of the Federal Convention's vote is not set in the report. For those interested, it is worth following further reports on this topic, as the election process may still change.
Sources: Kurier
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