# Merz nominates Ilse Aigner as candidate for German president

- By: Vote Times Newsroom
- 2026-11-09T14:29:47.000Z

## Excerpt

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has nominated Ilse Aigner, of Bavaria's CSU, to succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany's head of state. The Federal Convention will vote on 30 January 2027, and the Union and the SPD together hold a majority. She would be the first woman in the post.

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