The Last Queen

The new chairwomen of German Christian Democratic Union

In the German upcoming 2018 Christian Democratic Union leadership election in 7–8 December, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will defeat arch-rival Friedrich Merz and become party leader, making her the second woman to lead the party.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer born 9 August 1962, sometimes referred to as AKK, was nominated to the post of party general secretary in February byAngela Merkel. and emerged as new star in German politics.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is married and has three sons.Her husband Helmut, a mining engineer, stayed home to bring up their children as she pursued her political career.

An avid reader and self-described AC/DC fan,Kramp-Karrenbauer enjoys speaking French and continues to take lessons to improve her command of the language. Kramp-Karrenbauer served as Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany for Cultural Affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation.

As the new darling of the party, Her numerous positions within the party should help her role, She was chief minister ofSaarlandfrom 2011 to 2018, making her the first woman to lead the government of Saarland and the fourth woman to head a German state government, a valuable experience given to a new chancellor may have to lead a coalition in the future.

The stars over Deutschland: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Angela Merkel, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen and politician Julia Kloeckner

Amid a continent-wide splintering of Europe’s traditional political landscape, Germany’s conservatives face an existential dilemma. With disgruntled voters abandoningCDU and SPD for both the far-right Alternative für Deutschland Deutschland(AfD) and the pro-EU, refugee-welcoming Greens, how long Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer manages to remain as party leader could well depend not on the party’s showing in regional elections, but coming up with challenges from party inside. Firstandforemost, she needs to make the CDU perform well and clean,preventing corruption scandal of hersubordinate from happening in the party.

Sadly, with the coming of the twilight of Merkel era , as a seat warmer, she may well be forced out as party leadera few years later .