Ilse Aigner nominated to be Germany's first female president: what happens next
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has put forward Bavarian parliament speaker Ilse Aigner of the CSU as the governing coalition's candidate to succeed President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. If the Federal Convention elects her on 30 January 2027, she will be Germany's first female head of state and the first from the CSU.
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