🔶 The Christian Democratic Party of Germany nominated Ilse Igner as a presidential candidate.
The executive board of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany (CDU) has officially presented Ilse Igner, speaker of the Bavarian state parliament, as a candidate for the country's presidency.
Earlier, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertes proposed his candidacy for the leadership of his party.
Mertes and Eigner are scheduled to attend a joint press conference on Monday afternoon, November 9.
The 61-year-old Einer, if elected, would be the first woman and the first politician from the Bavarian Christian Social Party (CSU) to become president of Germany.