Martina Berthold takes over the functions of Heinrich Schellhorn in the state government. She should also lead the Greens into the state elections next year.
On Friday, the state committee of the Greens settled the successor to the resigned state spokesman Heinrich Schellhorn. After Astrid Rössler, who retired in 2018, it will be a woman again. The current Salzburg city councilor for building, Martina Berthold, will take over Schellhorn’s functions. She is also said to be the party’s top candidate for the state elections next April. Berthold already acted as a state councilor in the government from 2013 to 2018. After the election defeat in 2018, she switched to the citizens’ list in the state capital and has been a construction councilor since 2019. “Returning to state politics was not my plan. But after a short period of reflection, I agreed to take over as successor,” said Berthold on Friday evening at a hastily convened press conference. With Berthold’s move to the state, the city council post in Salzburg also has to be reassigned. Local councilor Anna Schiester in particular is given a good chance.
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