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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Er%C3%B6ffnung_ICE-Instandhaltungswerk_K%C3%B6ln-Nippes-9251_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2626" data-file-height="2796" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Wüst in 2018</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia">Minister-President of<br />North Rhine-Westphalia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />27 October 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Stamp" title="Joachim Stamp">Joachim Stamp</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mona_Neubaur" title="Mona Neubaur">Mona Neubaur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Leader of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a><br />of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />23 October 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">General Secretary</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Josef Hovenjürgen<br /><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ziemiak" title="Paul Ziemiak">Paul Ziemiak</a> (acting)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Daniel Sieveke<br />Ina Scharrenbach<br /><a href="/wiki/Sabine_Verheyen" title="Sabine Verheyen">Sabine Verheyen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Winkelmeier-Becker" title="Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker">Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Reul" title="Herbert Reul">Herbert Reul</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Laschet" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Laschet">Minister of Transport<br />of North Rhine-Westphalia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />30 June 2017 – 27 October 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia">Minister-President</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Michael Groscheck</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ina Brandes</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">General Secretary of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a><br />of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 April 2006 – 22 February 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_R%C3%BCttgers" title="Jürgen Rüttgers">Jürgen Rüttgers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Hans-Joachim Reck</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wittke" title="Oliver Wittke">Oliver Wittke</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia">Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Borken_(district)" title="Borken (district)">Borken I</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/2005_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election" title="2005 North Rhine-Westphalia state election">8 June 2005</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Heinrich Kruse</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Hendrik Josef Wüst</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-07-19</span>) </span>19 July 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Rhede" title="Rhede">Rhede</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> (now Germany)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a> (since 1990)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Katharina Starting<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2018)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Rhede" title="Rhede">Rhede</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_M%C3%BCnster" title="University of Münster">University of Münster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Politician</li><li>Lawyer</li><li>Businessman</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hendrik-wuest.de/">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hendrik Josef Wüst</b> (born 19 July 1975) is a German politician serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia">Minister-President</a> of the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a> since 2021. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> (CDU). In October 2021, he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a> as state chairman of his party. Under Wüst's leadership, his party won the highest vote share in the <a href="/wiki/2022_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election" title="2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election">2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wüst was born in 1975 in the town of <a href="/wiki/Rhede" title="Rhede">Rhede</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, having obtained his <i><a href="/wiki/Abitur" title="Abitur">Abitur</a></i>, he began reading <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_M%C3%BCnster" title="University of Münster">University of Münster</a>, qualifying as a <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-NRW_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings">Beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the age of 15, Wüst co-founded the local branch of <a href="/wiki/Junge_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Junge Union">Junge Union</a> (JU), the youth wing of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">Christian Democratic Union</a> (CDU), in his hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-sz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">city council</a> of Rhede. He served as chairman of the JU in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2000 until 2006, which made him part of the CDU leadership in the state under chairman <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_R%C3%BCttgers" title="Jürgen Rüttgers">Jürgen Rüttgers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_State_Parliament,_2005–present"><span id="Member_of_the_State_Parliament.2C_2005.E2.80.93present"></span>Member of the State Parliament, 2005–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Member of the State Parliament, 2005–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wüst was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia">State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2005_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election" title="2005 North Rhine-Westphalia state election">2005 elections</a>. In addition to his parliamentary work, he was employed by public affairs agency Eutop from 2000 until 2005. From 2006, Wüst served as the secretary general of the CDU in the state,<sup id="cite_ref-NRW_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under Rüttgers’ leadership. In 2010, he resigned from the post of secretary general.<sup id="cite_ref-WDR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took this step after it became known that the party had given preferential access to Rüttgers, then <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia">Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, in return for payments.<sup id="cite_ref-sz_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2010 until 2017, Wüst then worked for the North Rhine-Westphalia state chapter of the German Newspaper Publishers Association (BDZV) and for a private broadcaster.<sup id="cite_ref-WDR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2013, Wüst served as state chairman of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mittelstands-_und_Wirtschaftsunion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion (page does not exist)">Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelstands-_und_Wirtschaftsunion" class="extiw" title="de:Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsunion">de</a>]</span>, a business lobby within the CDU.<sup id="cite_ref-NRW_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRW-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2017_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election" title="2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election">2017 state elections</a> in North Rhine-Westphalia, Wüst was part of the CDU team in the negotiations with <a href="/wiki/Christian_Lindner" title="Christian Lindner">Christian Lindner</a>’s FDP on a coalition agreement. He led his party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs and energy policy; his co-chair of the FDP was <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Pinkwart" title="Andreas Pinkwart">Andreas Pinkwart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, Wüst was appointed State Minister for Transport in the cabinet of <a href="/wiki/Armin_Laschet" title="Armin Laschet">Armin Laschet</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia,_2021–present"><span id="Minister_President_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia.2C_2021.E2.80.93present"></span>Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2021–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2021–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 5 October 2021, it was reported that Wüst would receive the endorsement of Laschet to succeed him as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia and state chairman of the CDU.<sup id="cite_ref-sz_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 October, he was elected to the state chairmanship of his party.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 October 2021, Wüst was elected Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the state parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one of the state's representatives at the <a href="/wiki/Bundesrat_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesrat of Germany">Bundesrat</a> since 2021, Wüst serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Defense. During his first year as Minister-President, he also served as <a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="France–Germany relations">Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Germany for Cultural Affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wüst was nominated by his party as delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Convention_(Germany)" title="Federal Convention (Germany)">Federal Convention</a> for the purpose of electing the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">president of Germany</a> in <a href="/wiki/2022_German_presidential_election" title="2022 German presidential election">2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, the CDU received the highest vote share in the <a href="/wiki/2022_North_Rhine-Westphalia_state_election" title="2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election">2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election</a>, making Wüst the frontrunner to continue as the state's Minister-President.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the campaign, he had hired <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>’s former advisors Eva Christiansen and Klaus Schüler.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2023, the German press increasingly viewed Wüst as a potential CDU candidate for chancellor in <a href="/wiki/Next_German_federal_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Next German federal election">elections scheduled for late 2025</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2024, Wüst decided not to run and announced his support for <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Merz" title="Friedrich Merz">Friedrich Merz</a> as <a href="/wiki/CDU/CSU" title="CDU/CSU">Union's</a> candidate for Chancellor of Germany for the 2025 federal election.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Westdeutscher_Rundfunk" title="Westdeutscher Rundfunk">Westdeutscher Rundfunk</a></i>, Wüst is part of the conservative wing of the CDU. In 2007, a group of conservative politicians, including Wüst and <a href="/wiki/Markus_S%C3%B6der" title="Markus Söder">Markus Söder</a> (the future <a href="/wiki/Minister-President_of_Bavaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister-President of Bavaria">Minister President of Bavaria</a>), published a <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a> entitled <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Moderner bürgerlicher Konservatismus</i></span> ("Modern Civic Conservatism"), which was described as a "token of insubordination" by the <i><a href="/wiki/Frankfurter_Allgemeine_Zeitung" title="Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung">Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WDR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporate_boards">Corporate boards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Corporate boards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>RAG-Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nonprofit_organizations">Nonprofit organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nonprofit organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Peace of Westphalia Prize, Member of the Jury (since 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Development and Peace Foundation (SEF), Ex-Officio Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Heinz Kühn Foundation, Ex-Officio Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Member of the Council (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>German Federal Cultural Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunststiftung_NRW" title="Kunststiftung NRW">Kunststiftung NRW</a>, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>North Rhine-Westphalian Foundation for the Environment and Development (SUE), Ex-Officio chairman of the board (since 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brost Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsches_Museum" title="Deutsches Museum">Deutsches Museum</a>, Member of the Board of Trustees<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_W%C3%BCst&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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