Bavaria’s speaker tipped to become Germany’s first woman president
GERMAN Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) shakes hands with Ilse Aigner, the speaker of Bavaria’s state parliament, upon arrival at the Christian Social Union party’s congress in Munich.—AFP BERLIN: Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner is expected to become Germany’s next president in 2027, the first woman to serve as its head of state, conservative ruling party sources said on Friday. Aigner, 61, now…

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GERMAN Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left) shakes hands with Ilse Aigner, the speaker of Bavaria’s state parliament, upon arrival at the Christian Social Union party’s congress in Munich.—AFP BERLIN: Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner is expected to become…

