After Stephan Mayer’s resignation, CSU party leader Markus Söder presented his successor: Martin Huber is the name of the new CSU general secretary.
The CSU member of the state parliament Martin Huber (44) will be the new general secretary of his party and thus the successor to the resigned Stephan Mayer. Party leader Markus Söder announced this personnel decision on Friday in a switchboard of the CSU board of directors – the committee unanimously approved the proposal.
“We rely very heavily on the Bayern card,” said Söder afterwards. With a view to the state elections in autumn 2023, it would be good if the Secretary General now came from the state parliamentary group. The bottom line is that this is now the best line-up for the CSU. Huber himself spoke of a great honor and a great task.
Like Mayer, Huber comes from the Upper Bavarian district of Altötting, from Mühldorf. From 2008 to 2013, the married Catholic was the personal advisor to the then party leader Horst Seehofer in the CSU state leadership – so he already knows the party headquarters from his own experience. Huber has been a member of the state parliament for the CSU since 2013. At the end of February, Söder had already chosen him as one of two people responsible for developing a new CSU basic program. Beyond the CSU, Huber has not made a big appearance so far.
Martin Huber “burns” for the office
“He burns, he wants that,” said Söder about Huber. The Secretary General needs organizational talent, closeness to the grassroots, he must be able to communicate and represent the party. “It doesn’t hurt if he can also fight and sometimes bite,” emphasized Söder and said to Huber: “I trust you 100 percent, I trust you too.”
According to Söder, there were also suitable candidates in the Bavarian cabinet. Among other things, Minister of Agriculture Michaela Kaniber had been traded as a possible Secretary General. But he didn’t want to create a gap in the cabinet, said Söder.
CSU general secretary just resigned
Huber’s freestyle took place in a hurry and under great time pressure after Stephan Mayer announced his resignation as Secretary General on Tuesday after just over two months in office. The 48-year-old named health reasons in a written statement. At the same time, however, Mayer conceded a “possibly” inappropriate choice of words to a “Bunte” journalist in retrospect. The journalist had accused Mayer of threatening him over the phone in connection with a report on his private life.
Söder then announced on Wednesday that he would quickly clarify the successor. In view of the upcoming state elections in autumn 2023, which are considered fateful choices for the CSU and also for Söder personally, the office of Secretary General is a key position.
Source: Stern
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