Martin Hagen has been elected as the new General Secretary of the FDP. Although he secured the position, his victory came with a relatively low result of approximately 58.8%. Since only the party chairman can nominate candidates, Hagen faced no direct opponent.
Historically, FDP General Secretaries typically enter office having achieved results of 80% or higher, though there have been less successful outcomes in the past, such as Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer, who was elected in 1982 with only 53.2%.
Other elections took place at the FDP party conference on Saturday. Henning Höne (71%), Svenja Hahn (72%), and Linda Teuteberg (66%) were elected as Deputy Party Chairs.
For the Executive Board, Susanne Seehofer (84%) was elected without an opponent. Benjamin Strasser (52%) took his seat after progressing to a second-round runoff against Gero Hocker. Nadin Zaya successfully secured a spot with 57%, winning outright in the first round against two rivals, Dirk Hilbert and Thorsten Lieb.
