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Greens nominate Sam Tanson for prime minister



Party members will have to validate Sam Tanson's candidacy at an extraordinary national congress on Tuesday 28 March. Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne/Archives

Party members will have to validate Sam Tanson's candidacy at an extraordinary national congress on Tuesday 28 March. Photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne/Archives

Déi Gréng’s leadership team has nominated Sam Tanson as the party’s top candidate for the next national elections, a proposal that the party's members will have to validate on 28 March during an extraordinary national congress.

The electoral commission of déi Gréng, which met on 21 March, unanimously decided in favour of justice and culture minister Sam TansonSam Tanson as head of the national list for the next legislative elections, the party said in a press release on Wednesday.

This marks the first time that the party is putting forward a candidate for the prime minister’s office. Until now, it always nominated two head candidates for each of the country’s four electoral districts. Under a change of statutes adopted last month, the party decided to elect a national head of list from these eight names.

Together with deputy prime minister François BauschFrançois Bausch, Tanson will also lead the list in the “centre” constituency.

There was little doubt that the justice and culture minister would be the national list leader, especially since Bausch had put his name forward.

Party co-chairs Djuna BernardDjuna Bernard and Meris SehovicMeris Sehovic said they were “happy and proud” of the nomination and “convinced that she is the right person to lead our country in these turbulent times.”

Party members will have to validate the candidacy at an extraordinary national congress to be held next Tuesday, 28 March.

Tanson will enter the election race against the LSAP’s top candidate Paulette LenertPaulette Lenert and the CSV’s pick, Luc FriedenLuc Frieden. The DP is yet to officially confirm Xavier BettelXavier Bettel as the party’s pick but the incumbent is widely expected to seek a third term in office. 

This story was first published in French on Paperjam. It has been translated and edited for Delano.