Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 9 August 1962), commonly referred to by her initials AKK,Angela Merkel Starts Grooming Successors, and One Stands Out, The New York Times is a German CDU politician. She was the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2018 to 2021. She was chief minister of Saarland from 2011 to 2018, making her the first woman to lead the government of Saarland and the fourth woman to head a German state government. 

From February to December 2018, she was general secretary of the CDU.

She was elected CDU party leader on 7 December 2018 following Angela Merkel's retirement from that role.

On 10 February 2020, Kramp-Karrenbauer announced her resignation as Chairwoman of the CDU.

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