Saarland leader remains faithful to her roots in the western German state and generally supported Angela MerkelAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has an 18-year unbroken track record of holding positions of responsibility within the CDU. She has been interior minister of the state of Saarland before becoming its leader,a position she held for six years, and earlier this year was elected to the post of general secretary of the CDU securing 99% of party support.
The 56-year-old lawyer remains faithful to the small town of Püttlingen in the western German state where she was born, or the fifth of six children,and where she still lives. Those who know her insist that this connection with her origins is the reason for the down-to-soil nature and strong sense of reliability for which she is well known.
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Source: theguardian.com