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Manuela Schwesig: She took over the office of Prime Minister in 2017 during the legislative period from Erwin Sellering (SPD), who was seriously ill with cancer
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The other parties have already nominated their top candidates, now the Social Democrats are following suit: Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig is to lead Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's SPD in the election campaign for the state elections on September 26th.
She received 96.4 percent of the delegate's votes at a state representative meeting of the party in Wismar.
The former Federal Minister for Family Affairs has led the state's SPD / CDU government since mid-2017, but currently has no mandate in the state parliament.
Schwesig is going to be the top candidate in a state election for the first time.
She took over the office of Prime Minister in 2017 during the legislative period from Erwin Sellering (SPD), who was seriously ill with cancer.
In their election manifesto, the Social Democrats announced, among other things, that they would increase social spending and convert Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania into a "climate-neutral" state by 2040.
The CDU enters the race with its state chairman Michael Sack.
He has been the district administrator in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district for three years.
The state list of the AfD is headed by its parliamentary group leader Nikolaus Kramer.
The left put Simone Oldenburg in first place, she is also the parliamentary group leader in the state parliament.
The Greens hope to return to the state parliament with a top duo: Anne Shipley, who only joined the party three years ago, and Harald Terpe, who has been a member of the Bundestag for many years.
The FDP wants to make the leap over the five percent hurdle with top candidate René Domke.