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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer with her successor Christine Lambrecht at the big tattoo
Photo: MICHAEL KAPPELER / AFP
Her successor Christine Lambrecht (SPD) also took part in the ceremony in the Bendlerblock in Berlin: The Bundeswehr said goodbye to ex-Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) with a big tattoo.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) from the new cabinet were also there.
Kramp-Karrenbauer was allowed to choose three pieces of music that the staff music corps of the Bundeswehr played for them.
The Saarland woman opted for the Bundeswehr's signature tune “We.
Serve.
Germany. «, For the title music of the western classic» Die Glorichen Sieben «and for» Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher «by Jackie Wilson.
In the end she said goodbye with a kiss.
The CDU politician had been at the head of the ministry since July 2019.
During her term of office, the end of the Afghanistan mission last summer.
She was re-elected to the Bundestag in September, but gave up her mandate to make room for younger people.
The great tattoo is the armed forces' highest honor.
Most recently, the Bundeswehr adopted the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
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