CDU for Wüst as Prime Minister and State Chairman of North Rhine-Westphalia

Krefeld The district association welcomes the decision that the NRW Transport Minister should succeed Armin Laschet. The 46-year-old is “a doer” and operates a “smart and forward-looking policy”.

State Transport Minister Hendrik Wüst is to succeed Armin Laschet in North Rhine-Westphalia – as Prime Minister and CDU state party leader. The 46-year-old is “a doer” and operates a “smart and forward-looking policy”, says Laschet, who wants to move to the Chancellery in Berlin. It is planned that Wüst will be elected head of government in the state parliament on October 27, announced CDU parliamentary group leader Bodo Löttgen.

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“I very much welcome the decision of the state board that Hendrik Wüst should succeed Armin Laschet in North Rhine-Westphalia,” emphasizes Günter Krings MdB, chairman of the CDU district association Niederrhein, which includes the district associations Krefeld, Kleve, Mönchengladbach, Neuss, Viersen and Wesel belong. “We in the state board quickly agreed to support Armin Laschet’s proposal. Hendrik Wüst is the right candidate to vote in the state elections that will take place in May 2022. At the most recent meeting of the Lower Rhine District Executive Committee, the mood was very clear for Hendrik Wüst, ”said Krings. “At 46 years of age, he embodies a new beginning in NRW politics and at the same time brings with him a wealth of experience. He learned to fight for political issues, but also to bring different interests together. “

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According to Prime Minister Laschet’s proposal, Wüst must first be elected as state chairman on October 23 at the state party conference of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia. “Here we can and should demonstrate unity. We learned from the general election that internal disputes unsettle citizens. We are therefore well advised to appear united and determined, ”said Krings. Wüst can only become Prime Minister after Laschet has officially resigned. He will resign on October 26th at the latest, when his mandate as a member of the Bundestag begins.

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