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Germany is expected to have a female president for the first time

2026-11-11 23:50:33Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Germany is expected to have a female president for the first time
Ilse Aigner

Germany is expected to have its first female head of state next year, after Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday nominated Ilse Aigner as his conservatives' candidate to replace President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the largely ceremonial post.

With the support of Merz's conservatives, their Social Democratic partners in the German governing coalition, and the Greens, Aigner is likely to be elected in January by the Federal Convention - a body made up of members of the lower house of parliament and delegates from the parliaments of Germany's 16 states.

The term of Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, ends in March.

Aigner, who is currently the speaker of the Bavarian parliament and previously served as federal agriculture minister, said that, if elected, she would work to overcome divisions in German society.

“Our country and our democracy – yes, they are under attack, both from within and without,” she said, standing alongside Merz.

"Extremists are celebrating their triumphs and ideologies are gaining momentum. Division is being fueled, while consensus is being undermined," she said.

Aigner, a member of the Christian Social Union – the Bavarian sister party of Merz’s Christian Democrats – did not provide further details; however, Germany’s main parties are grappling with the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

According to polls, this party could become the largest political force after the next federal election, which is expected to be held in early 2029.


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