Christian Tour is set to succeed Christian Lindner as the new parliamentary committee chairman

Berlin. The FDP member of the Bundestag Christian Dürr is the new chairman of the FDP parliamentary committee, and will be replaced by Christian Lindner, who will serve as finance minister in the Transport Lighting Alliance of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP, but will continue as party leader. This was reported by the FDP Parliamentary Committee.

Accordingly, Lindner proposed Dürr at the meeting on Thursday; In turn, the party’s vice president, Johannes Vogel, was nominated as the first parliamentary manager. Lindner later wrote on Twitter that Toure was an “experienced financial expert” and a “true team player” who, along with Vogue, would ensure a strong parliamentary committee.

The Tour election will not take place until next Tuesday. Coalition sources said there was no doubt he would be. Recently other names have also been under discussion, especially Vocals.

The fact that Dürr will chair the parliamentary committee is no longer a surprise to those familiar with the FDP parliamentary committee. It has long been suspected that Lindner will replace his longtime comrade Marco Bushman. But Bushman has won his desire to be justice minister. For Lindner, loyalty plays a decisive role in assigning key positions. This quality was attributed to Dürr, who was previously in charge of the budget and finance as deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee.

Although there is no gender quota in the FDP, regional origin is very important. Along with Lindner and Bushman, there are already two North Rhine-Westphalia ministers – which would have made it difficult for Vocal to run for parliament. With the 44-year-old Lower Saxony Tour, another important regional association is now being considered, which was previously low. From 2009 to 2017, Tour was chairman of the FDP’s parliamentary committee in the Lower Saxony state parliament – partly in government with the FDP CDU and partly with the opposition.

In 2017, the Tour moved to Bundestock, which tops the Lower Saxony state list. His block is Telmenhorst, Weisermarch and Oldenburg Land. Der studied economics at the University of Leibniz in Hanover.

The central staff decisions of the Liberals often ended thus. In addition to Lindner and Bushman, FDP General Secretary Volker Wissing from the Rhineland-Palatinate as Minister of Transport and Digital and Hessian FDP State President Bettina Stark-Watsinger as Minister of Education and Research have been transferred to the Cabinet.

It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. The two offices cannot compromise with each other. Göttingen’s interior expert Konstantin Kuhle is mentioned first. According to the party, which could attract 32-year-olds and first-time voters, they are already leaning heavily towards the FDP. Therefore, he is very suitable for the post.