Liberaldemokraten Leadership Election, 4277

After the poor result for the Neue Liberale, and after 12 years in government, Beatrix Lerche resigned from the leadership and frontline politics. Herr Lerche had a long and successful career from being in Schiedemann's first government as Finance Minister. She later took many terms as Reichstanzlerin and Justice Minister under the TE.

Candidates
Verona Heidrich - Prominent Figure in NL's front bench and Foreign Minister

Manfred Von Kringle - Sicience and Technology Minister

Mathew Benning - Former leader of the Neue Wahl. (Popular on the centre-right side of the party)

Kate Korn - NEC Chair

Declined:

Cathelijne Derks - Supports Verona Heidrich (Former Justice Minister)

Elsa Klotz - Supports Verona Heidrich (Lost the Governorship)

Marc Hamburg - Supports Mathew Benning (Minister under Lerche)

Dominik Ratzenberger - Supports Verona Heidrich (Announced his retirement from Front Bench Politics)

Aftermath
Verona Heidrich won the Leadership and appointed members of her new cabinet. Kringle and Benning both lost their Ministerial position