Merkel critic Seehofer to step down as Bavarian conservative chief
Horst Seehofer, a critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal asylum policies, said on Monday he would step down as chief of the powerful Bavarian regional sister party to Merkel’s conservatives but remain Germany’s Interior Minister.
Name: Horst Seehofer
Continent: Europe
Country: Germany
Company: Christlich Soziale Union (CSU)
Branch: Politician
Position: Leader
Reason: Resigned
Announcement Date: November 11, 2018, 11:00pm
Resignation Date: November 11, 2018, 11:00pm