Ex-Federal Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) states that he is not seeking a ministerial position in the federal government in the case of his election as SPD party leader. Heil told ARD on Sunday, “I am running for the office of party chairman with full and complete strength.” He added that the current party leader Lars Klingbeil should “definitely” remain Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor. The former minister had announced on Saturday evening in a letter to the members of the party executive board, the state associations, and the districts that he would run for the position of party chairman at the SPD federal party conference in January. Heil did not say who he would want alongside him as co-party chairman.
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