The virologist and CDU member of the Bundestag Hendrik Streeck should, according to a report by the editorial network Germany become the new federal government’s new drug representative. Streeck should be appointed on Wednesday by Federal Minister of Health Nina Warken (CDU) by the cabinet, it said on Monday. Streeck would replace the SPD politician Burkhard Blienert.
Streeck is Head of the Institute of Virology at the University Hospital Bonn. It has been a member of the Bundestag since the election in February. The 47-year-old became known in the broader public during the Corona pandemic. He represented With regard to protective measures, fewer strict positions often. After the Bundestag election in February, Streeck was also under discussion as a possible new Federal Minister of Health.
Blienert has been a government drug representative since January 2022. He was appointed by the then Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD). (AFP)
Source: Tagesspiegel
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