Chancellor Merz backs Ilse Aigner, paving way for Germany's first female president
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has thrown his support behind Ilse Aigner, 61, a politician from Bavaria, as the country's next federal president, raising the prospect of Germany electing its first female head of state.
Bloomberg reported Monday, citing an anonymous source, that Merz had expressed his support for Aigner at a Christian Democratic Union (CDU..