
The former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate is to succeed Bärbel Bas, who has resigned.
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Bärbel Bas resigned as Labor Minister and SPD co-party leader after the death of her stepdaughter. Alexander Schweitzer lost the state election in March.
According to information from the ARD capital studio, the Rhineland-Palatinate SPD parliamentary group leader Alexander Schweitzer is to become the new Federal Minister of Labor. The former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate is to succeed Bärbel Bas, who had recently resigned as Labor Minister.
The 53-year-old lawyer was Prime Minister from 2024 to 2026 and lost the state elections with the SPD in March of this year. Since then there has been speculation that Schweitzer wanted to move to the federal cabinet in Berlin.
Bas had justified her withdrawal with the death of her stepdaughter and the time she needed to process it. She therefore announced that she was giving up her position as SPD co-party leader.
The coalition partners CDU, CSU and SPD can each decide for themselves who should lead the ministries that they occupy according to the coalition agreement.
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Bärbel Bas has surprisingly announced her resignation as SPD co-chair and Federal Minister of Labor. She justifies this with the death of her stepdaughter and the need to take time to grieve. She also criticizes public attacks, including from the ranks of the coalition partner, which were further promoted during this difficult time. However, she retains her Bundestag mandate.

Bärbel Bas is resigning as co-chair of the SPD and as Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs with immediate effect after announcing the death of her stepdaughter. She cites public attacks, including from the ranks of her coalition partner, as another reason for her withdrawal.

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