The Christian Democratic Union has officially nominated Ilse Aigner as president of Germany

The CDU of Chancellor Friedrich Merz officially proposed the head of the Bavarian Landtag Ilse Aigner of the Christian Social Union to the post of Federal President of Germany. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, Friedrich Merz reported that the CDU board approved his initiative to nominate Ilse Aigner as a candidate in the federal presidential election. According to him, the response of other parties shows that her candidacy can gather broad support. The chancellor added that it was "the most appropriate moment" for a woman to become president for the first time.

Aigner, thus, can fit into history: before the post of President of Germany has never occupied either a woman or a representative of the CSU. The Social Democratic Party of Germany has already unofficially announced its readiness to support it.

Elections will be held on January 30, 2027: the future president will be elected by the Federal Assembly of 1,260 people - equally deputies of the Bundestag and electors delegated by the state parliaments. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has served two terms and cannot be re-elected.

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