'Mini-Merkel' Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has become Germany's new defence minister, a role known as the 'ejector seat' for the number of careers it has ended
In a surprise move, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was appointed at a ceremony in Berlin to succeed Ursula von der Leyen, who is moving to Brussels to become head of the European Commission.
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