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Germany to appoint regional official as defense minister

Chancellor Olaf Scholz issues a press statement after a "Chancellor's talk" with representatives of the chemical industry at the State Chancellery. in Mainz, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) FILE - Boris Pistorius, Interior Minister of Lower Saxony, attends a press conference after a joint conference of German interior and justice ministers in Munich, Germany, Sept. 27, 2022. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to succeed her. The German Press Agency learned this on Tuesday from government circles. Earlier, several other media had reported. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, FILE) FILE - Boris Pistorius (SPD), Minister of the Interior of Lower Saxony, speaks at the press conference at the end of the fall conference of interior ministers in Munich, Germany, Dec. 2, 2023. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to succeed her. The German Press Agency learned this on Tuesday from government circles. Earlier, several other media had reported. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP, FILE) FILE - Boris Pistorius, Interior Minister of Lower Saxony, speaks at a press conference on the topic of "Organized Crime in Lower Saxony 2021" in Hannover, Germany, Dec. 8, 2022. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is to succeed her. The German Press Agency learned this on Tuesday from government circles. Earlier, several other media had reported. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP, file)