Almost seven months before the state elections, there is a change in the office of Prime Minister in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The state parliament is having a special session today (1 p.m.) to vote on the incumbent State Transport Minister Hendrik Wüst as the successor to Armin Laschet (both CDU).
Düsseldorf - The 46-year-old lawyer from the Münsterland is running as a joint candidate for the government factions of the CDU and FDP.
The vote is eagerly awaited, because black and yellow only have one vote majority in the state parliament.
If Wüst is elected, he will be sworn in as Prime Minister immediately afterwards.
The failed Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet has been a member of parliament in Berlin since the constituent session of the Bundestag on Tuesday.
Laschet had ruled out a return to North Rhine-Westphalia regardless of the outcome of the federal election.
On Saturday, Wüst had already been elected as the new CDU state chairman at a party conference.
He succeeds Laschet in this position as well.
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In the first ballot, Wüst needs an absolute majority and thus all 100 votes from the CDU and FDP in order to be elected Prime Minister.
The state parliament has a total of 199 members.
If Wüst should fail in the first round, a second ballot would be scheduled.
The state constitution allows a period of two weeks for this.
In the second round, the candidate then needs a simple majority, i.e. more yes votes than no votes.
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