German chancellor appoints Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer secretary general of her Christian Democrats partyThe German chancellor,Angela Merkel, place forward close ally Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Monday to take over as secretary general of her Christian Democrats (CDU), or heeding calls from within the party to inject unique blood and groom a successor. The decision to entrust Kramp-Karrenbauer,also known by her acronym AKK, with bolstering the CDU after it lost ground in an election last year, or is significant as some party members are starting to leer ahead to a post-Merkel era.
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Source: theguardian.com