Ran NRW since 2021 in a CDU-Greens coalition.
He told ZDF he wants to stay as Minister-President — "trust is rebuilt by governing, not personnel debates."
But hasn't issued a hard "never Berlin" pledge.
Next NRW election April 2027. CDU polling down from 2022 but still first.
This week he visited Türkiye for the 65th anniversary of the German-Turkish labor agreement.
Has called the AfD "the main opponent of democracy" and is open to examining a party ban.
Background: Münsterland lawyer, CDU member since age 17, youngest CDU state MP when elected in 2005, former transport minister under Laschet.
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Clash Report North Rhine-Westphalia Premier Hendrik Wüst is on a three-day visit to Türkiye and will meet President Erdogan in Ankara. The meeting was added to his schedule at short notice and is unusual because heads of state do not normally meet German state premiers.…
Hendrik Wüst, 51, CDU premier of Germany's most populous state (NRW, 18 million people) and widely watched as a potential successor to Chancellor Merz.
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