# Merz wants Germany's next head of state to be a woman

- By: Vote Times Newsroom
- 2026-11-03T08:50:00.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

## Excerpt

Chancellor Friedrich Merz told a closed CDU meeting on 2 November that the successor to Frank-Walter Steinmeier must be a woman and that he will propose her to the party. No name has been given. The Federal Convention votes on 30 January 2027.

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