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Lydia Hüskens

Lydia Hüskens

Lydia Hüskens, born in 1964 in Geldern, is a German FDP politician.

Born
1964 (62 years), Geldern
Party
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Office
Member of the Bundesrat of Germany 2021–
Education
University of Münster
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place the party (Free Democratic Party (FDP))
FDP placed centre to centre-right by reference works; first of the two
Ideology: liberalism

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Voting day
(31 days ago)

She has been Saxony-Anhalt's Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs and Deputy Minister-President since 2021 and chairs the state FDP. She is named among the possible contenders for Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt.

Career

Hüskens has been an FDP member since 1989. She sat in the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag from 2002 to 2011 and returned in 2021. Since September 2021 she has been Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs and Deputy Minister-President, and she has chaired the FDP in Saxony-Anhalt since 2021. In the state election of 6 September 2026 the FDP won 2.6 percent and fell below the 5 percent threshold.

Offices held
  1. Member of the Bundesrat of Germany 2021–
  2. Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 2002–2011

Source: Wikidata

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Wikipedia

Photo: FDP-Landtagsfraktion Sachsen-Anhalt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Ministerpräsident of Sachsen-Anhalt?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Ulrich SiegmundFar right3579%
Sven Schulze4%
Sepp MüllerCentre-right373%
Claudia WittigLeft1%
Lydia HüskensCentre-right621%
Armin WillingmannCentre-left63<1%
Eva von AngernLeft49<1%
Thomas SchulzeLeft<1%
Susan Sziborra-SeidlitzCentre-left49<1%
André SchröderCentre-right57<1%
Tamara ZieschangCentre-right56<1%
Franziska Weidinger<1%

All 12 outcomes

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