Will he be Kretschmann's successor? Özdemir is drawn to his homeland. In 2026, after 15 years of service and almost 77 years of life, the Republic's first Green head of government no longer wants to run.
The old man is considered a pragmatist who coordinates more closely with his Union colleagues before meetings of the Prime Minister. The new guy sits in the traffic light government, having been brought into the cabinet at the last minute instead of Bayern's Anton Hofreiter.