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(Bloomberg) — Germany’s Christian Democratic Union named its seven cabinet ministers to serve under conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz, filling in key personnel before the 69-year-old conservative is due to take power next week with the Social Democrats as junior partner.
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Merz has nominated ministers including Katherina Reiche — a utility executive — for the economy and energy portfolio and Johann Wadephul for foreign affairs, the CDU said Monday in an emailed statement.
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Thorsten Frei will be Merz’s chief of staff as chancellery minister, Patrick Schnieder takes over transport and Karsten Wildberger will be minister of a new department for digitalization and modernization of the state.
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The CDU is due to rubber stamp the coalition agreement sealed last month with the SPD at a special congress later Monday in Berlin.
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The CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, has already approved the accord, while a positive outcome is expected on Wednesday when the SPD announces the result of an online ballot of its roughly 360,000 members.
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After that, the party of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will announce its cabinet ministers, likely including co-leader Lars Klingbeil in the key finance role and Boris Pistorius retaining his job as defense minister.
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Merz is due to get backing from lawmakers in the lower house of parliament on May 6, after which he’ll be sworn in along with his cabinet.
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Reiche, 51, is a former deputy minister for both environment and transport who has been chief executive officer of EON SE’s Westenergie AG unit since 2020.
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She was a member of the Bundestag for the CDU from 1998 to 2015, during which time she was also a deputy leader of the combined CDU/CSU parliamentary caucus.
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Wadephul is a committed European with strong links to Germany’s international partners in the EU and NATO and a firm backer of support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. The 62-year-old is also close to the armed forces, having served as a volunteer soldier in the 1980s.
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Markus Soeder, the CSU leader and Bavarian premier, is expected to name the party’s three ministers later on Monday at a news conference in Munich.
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—With assistance from Michael Nienaber and Kamil Kowalcze.
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