Carsten Linnemann

From 2022, Linnemann was one of five deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz. In 2024 he became CDU general secretary after having assumed the position in an acting capacity the year prior; in 2025 he held on to the secretariat rather than becoming a member of the new goverrnment. From 2013 until 2021, Linnemann had been the chairman of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion (MIT), the pro-business wing in the CDU/CSU. Provided by Wikipedia