German Economy Minister Michael Glos, a representative of the party the Christian Social Union (CSU), has resigned. On Sunday, he said that would send his resignation to Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on Monday morning, Reuters reports with reference to the German TV channel ZDF. As reasons for the decision to resign Glos called her age, this year he turns 65 years old.
The main candidates for the post by German media called the secretary general CSU Karl Theodor zu Gutenberg, and Minister of Economy of Bavaria Farenshona, transmits DW-World.
Last Saturday, the head of CSU Horst Zeehofer, part of the ruling grand coalition, initially refused Gloss in his resignation. Formally, only the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in charge of supplies and the movement within her Cabinet. However, the head of the Christian Social Union has an important significance for the solution of the assumption of or withdrawal from it in the "accountability" CSU ministry.
After two days of consultations Glos yet been allowed to leave the post of minister.
The resignation of the Minister is linked to criticism, which came under his actions during the current economic crisis - the most serious in Germany after World War II, said Radio Liberty.
Name the new Minister of Economy, said Glos, on Monday announced the head of CSU. According to the newspaper The Financial Times, Glos successor will be 37-year-old Karl-Theodor zu Gutenberg - Secretary General of the CSU.
Glos, representing the CSU party, became economy minister in 2005. CSU is a party alliance of CDU / CSU, which together with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is formed in Germany, called the ruling grand coalition.
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