Stephan Toscani is to become the new chairman of the CDU in Saarland. The state board of the CDU Saar unanimously nominated the 55-year-old for the office on Monday evening, as the party announced. The lawyer could be elected on May 28 at a state party conference in Eppelborn as the successor to party leader Tobias Hans. After the crushing defeat of the CDU in the state elections on March 27, Hans had announced that he would give up the party leadership. Toscani is one of the most experienced politicians in the state. The Saarlander, who joined the CDU at the age of 15, has been President of the State Parliament since 2018. Previously, he was Saarland Minister responsible for Europe, temporarily also for interior, finance and justice. He was elected to the state parliament for the first time in 1999. He has also been deputy state chairman of the Saarland CDU since 2011.
CDU in Saarland – Toscani should follow Hans – politics
