SZ journalist Stefan Kornelius becomes new government spokesman

The future chancellor Friedrich Merz makes the journalist Stefan Kornelius the government spokesman. What connects the two and what the ex-SZ journalist stands for.

The journalist Stefan Kornelius is to become the spokesman for the new federal government. This was reported by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". The 59-year-old was previously Head of Policy at the newspaper Department and previously Head of Foreign Policy. Kornelius succeeds Steffen Hebestreit, who has been the head of government since December 2021.

The team around the new Chancellor Merz is taking shape. Now it is also clear who will speak on behalf of the government in the future: SZ journalist Stefan Kornelius takes over the job of the government spokesman.

As a journalist, he mainly dealt with foreign policy. Stefan Kornelius is now changing sides.

So far he has reported on politics - in the future he will explain the work of the government of the designated chancellor Merz. The political editor Stefan Kornelius changes sides. Whoever will be his deputy in the press team is not yet known.

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