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Angela Merkel nominates governor of Lower Saxony for president

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Chancellor Angela Merkel tapped Christian Wulff on Tuesday to run for German’s head of state after President Horst Koehler’s surprise resignation Monday.

Mr Wulff is a deputy leader of Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats and is widely expected to be elected June 30 by an assembly of 1,244 state and federal lawmakers, where Merkel’s coalition has a majority.

Full story: Angela Merkel nominates governor of Lower Saxony for president – Telegraph