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CDU’s Andreas Jung Reported as Baden‑Württemberg’s New Education Minister

The post shifts to the CDU under the newly negotiated Green–CDU government in Stuttgart.

Overview

  • Andreas Jung, a CDU lawmaker, was reported Saturday by Deutsche Presse‑Agentur, citing party circles, as the incoming education minister in Baden‑Württemberg.
  • Coalition talks between the Greens and the CDU had assigned the education portfolio to the CDU for the new term in the state government.
  • In Germany, education is run by the states, so this ministry sets school policy and oversees about 145,000 teachers in Baden‑Württemberg.
  • Jung is 50, based on Lake Constance, known in the CDU for climate policy work, and has served in the Bundestag since 2005.
  • He would succeed Green politician Theresa Schopper, and any shifts in policy could touch millions of pupils and families across the state.