FDP
Wolfgang Kubicki elected new FDP leader after surprise vote
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Wolfgang Kubicki defeated Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in a leadership vote at the FDP federal party congress on May 30, 2026, in Berlin and is the new party chairman.
Wolfgang Kubicki has taken over as FDP chair after Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann challenged him narrowly. The two are now exchanging conciliatory tones.
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Wolfgang Kubicki has taken over the FDP leadership with 59.3 percent of the vote. One day after the ballot in Berlin he sharply criticized his defeated rival Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.
Berlin's deputy FDP state leader, Sebastian Czaja, is leaving his party and intends to support a bourgeois alliance backing Governing Mayor Kai Wegner of the CDU in the upcoming election campaign. He cites concerns over a potential Left Party victory. The Berlin House of Representatives election is scheduled for September 20.