Monday, 16 December 2013

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces New Cabinet

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Sigmar Gabriel, the foremost of Germany’s Social Democrats, junior partners in Merkel’s power-sharing government,” he would become her vice-chancellor and head up what the newspapers marked a “super ministry” to blame for the finances and power policy,” reporter told .


Frank-Walter Steinmeier will come back as foreign minister, a job he held under Merkel throughout her first period 2005-2009 when she furthermore led a left-right “grand coalition”.


The communal Democrats (SPD) kept a promise to fill half of the cabinet seats allotted to them with women. Left-wing firebrand Andrea Nahles, SPD’s current general receptionist, is to become work minister, distributing responsibility for rolling out Germany’s first nationwide smallest wage-a condition the SPD set for the coalition with Merkel.


Party vice-chairwoman Manuela Schwesig is to take charge of family activities, and SPD Treasurer Barbara Hendricks is going for the natural environment ministry.


Heiko Maas; economy minister in the western state of Saarland, will head up the fairness and buyer activities ministry.


Gabriel said another SPD deputy foremost, Aydan Ozoguz, would become state minister for immigration, refugees and integration- the largest office ever held in Germany by a woman from the country’s three-million powerful Turkish community.



The German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces New Cabinet

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