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Germany set to get its first female president after Merz backs Bavarian conservative Aigner

BERLIN, Nov 9 - Germany looks set to get its first female head of state next year after Chancellor Friedrich Merz nominated Ilse Aigner on Monday as his conservatives' candidate to replace President Frank-Walter… Grouped from 5 articles across 4 sources.

5 reports4 sourcesNov 9, 2026, 2:24 PM
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The Straits TimesNov 9, 2026, 2:24 PM

Germany set to get its first female president after Merz backs Bavarian conservative Aigner

BERLIN, Nov 9 - Germany looks set to get its first female head of state next year after Chancellor Friedrich Merz nominated Ilse Aigner on Monday as his conservatives' candidate to replace President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the largely ceremonial role.

Financial TimesNov 9, 2026, 12:17 PM

Merz nominates Germany’s first female president

Bavarian conservative Ilse Aigner expected to succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier in March

Al JazeeraNov 8, 2026, 11:39 PM

Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner as Germany’s first woman president

Ilse Aigner, speaker of the Bavarian state parliament, belongs to the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) party.

The Straits TimesNov 9, 2026, 12:14 AM

Friedrich Merz says he will name Ilse Aigner as Germany’s first woman president

She would replace President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, in the largely ceremonial post.

DWNov 9, 2026, 12:11 PM

Germany: CDU names Ilse Aigner as candidate for president

The steering committtee of the CDU have announced Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner as presidential candidate. This gives her a good chance of becoming the first woman to occupy the role.

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