According to a spokesman for the Hessian CDU, the executive head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, is to be nominated by his home association Gießen as a candidate for the party's national chairmanship.
At a virtual state board meeting of the party on Friday, the 49-year-old will present the reasons for his application, said a spokesman for the state CDU on Wednesday evening.
Berlin / Gießen - The nomination by the district association Gießen should also take place on Friday.
It had previously been announced that Braun should have the support of the Hessian CDU chairman Volker Bouffier for a candidacy as the successor to the outgoing party leader Armin Laschet.
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This indicates a three-way battle in the struggle for the successor to CDU boss Armin Laschet one week before the application deadline.
Candidates from ex-Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz and foreign politician Norbert Röttgen are also expected.
The new chairman is to be elected on January 21st at a party conference in Hanover.
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