Kohl's heirs listed

Monday 20 January 1997 00:02 GMT

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The parliamentary leader of Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats, who earlier this month mentioned himself as a possible successor to the Chancellor, named eight more possible contenders.

Wolfgang Schaeuble named Kurt Biedenkopf, premier of Saxony, Edmund Stoiber, premier of Bavaria, Finance Minister Theo Waigel, Defence Minister Volker Ruehe, Interior Minister Manfred Kanther, Education and Research Minister Juergen Ruettgers, Construction Minister Klaus Toepfer, and former interior minister Rudolf Seiters. Reuters - Bonn

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