The previous science minister is to run for the office of vice president after the constitution of the parliament in Magdeburg.
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Armin Willingmann was Rector of Harz University until 2016 and most recently Minister for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment.
The SPD has proposed Saxony-Anhalt's Science Minister Armin Willingmann for the office of Vice President in the state parliament. An SPD spokesman confirmed relevant information from the Germany editorial network upon request. Willingmann was the Social Democrats' top candidate in the state elections.
The parliament will be constituted in Magdeburg on Tuesday. Then the presidium should be re-elected. The AfD MP Tobias Rausch would like to become President of the State Parliament. The BSW wants to vote for Rausch. The CDU is sending education politician Carsten Borchert into the race as running mate.
Before his political career, Willingmann was rector of the Harz University of Applied Sciences until 2016. Initially he became Minister for Economics and Science, and from 2021 he took over the areas of science, energy, climate protection and the environment as Minister. In the state elections on September 6th, the SPD became the third strongest force with 9.3 percent.
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Constitution of the parliament and new election of the presidium in Magdeburg
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