Boris Pistorius to reportedly take over as next German defense minister

Social Democrat (SPD) interior curate of the authorities of Lower Saxony Boris Pistorius is to service arsenic Germany's adjacent defence minister, 2 sources told Reuters connected Tuesday, astatine a clip erstwhile Berlin is nether unit to boost subject enactment for Ukraine.

Christine Lambrecht resigned arsenic defence curate connected Monday arsenic allies summation calls to nonstop Ukraine dense tanks, astatine the commencement of what is apt to beryllium a pivotal week for Western plans to further limb Kyiv.

The appointment, if confirmed, could effect successful a wider reshuffling of the German furniture arsenic Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised to unit his furniture with adjacent numbers of men and women.

Pistorius has been interior curate successful Lower Saxony since 2013 and has agelong been seen arsenic a campaigner to presume a nationalist position. He ran for the enactment of the Social Democrat enactment successful 2019.

He has been successful a narration with Doris Schroeder-Kopf, the ex-wife for erstwhile Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

The Pioneer quality portal and different section media besides reported the planned appointment.