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Kiefer out of Wimbledon ... of the executive of Germany's Social Democrats have nominated former Deputy Chancellor Franz Müntefering as the party's new chairman.
At a meeting in Berlin, they also agreed to hold a special party congress on October 18, at which Müntefering is to be elected as leader. Until then, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to lead the party in a caretaker role. This comes a day after the resignation of former SPD chairman Kurt Beck. He quit just hours after Steinmeier was selected to lead the party into next year's federal election as the SPD's candidate for chancellor. In addition to being foreign minister, Steinmeier is also deputy chancellor in the grand-coalition government.
(Deutsche Welle)
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