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Who is Markus Söder, Bavaria’s premier?
CSU chairman Markus Söder was long seen as a strong contender to replace Angela Merkel as a conservative chancellor. But after a power struggle with CDU head Armin Laschet, he stepped aside.
Markus Söder heads the Christian Social Union
Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder bowed out of the contest to be the conservative CDU/CSU bloc s candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany s September general election. The die is cast. Armin Laschet will be the CDU/CSU s candidate for chancellor, Söder told a press conference in Munich. This brought to an end what was seen as an acrimonious power struggle, during which Söder and his growing number of supporters pointed to the CSU chair s better performance in opinion polls, which could make him a more competitive candidate.