German Christian Democrats' Bavarian Sister Party Re-Elects Soeder As Leader

BERLIN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th October, 2019) Bavaria's Christian Social Union, the junior partner in the ruling German coalition with the Christian Democrats, re-elected Markus Soeder as its leader on Friday.

The 52-year-old was the sole candidate and won 91.34 percent of the vote. He was first appointed chairman at an extraordinary party congress in January to replace Hoerst Seehofer.

"Today I was elected for the second time as party chairman within one year. That's quite often... But I won't be getting used to it... I personally feel very much honored," he said at the annual congress in Munich.

Soeder has also been prime minister of the southeastern state of Bavaria since March last year.� The Bavarian conservatives form a bloc with the Christian Democrats in Bundestag but do not run for parliament anywhere except their home state.