At the end of his one-year presidency of the Federal Council, Thuringia’s Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) visits Chile.
Accompanied by a business delegation, he traveled from Leipzig to the South American country on Sunday evening in a special aircraft. In addition to political appointments, company visits and business talks are also planned until October 15, as the State Chancellery in Erfurt announced.
The first stop is the city of Antofagasta, after which the delegation travels to the capital, Santiago de Chile. Ramelow’s talks with representatives of the Senate, among others, were on the agenda there, it said.
Thuringia’s head of government has made several trips during his tenure as President of the Chamber of States since autumn 2021 – destinations were Poland, Belgium and Romania.
At the beginning of November, the Presidency of the Federal Council will go to Hamburg’s Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD). The symbolic handing over of the baton took place at the central celebration of the Day of German Unity, which was hosted by Thuringia’s state capital Erfurt this year. The presidency of the regional chamber changes annually between the prime ministers. The order is regulated in an agreement from 1950.
