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Melanie Huml Announces Bid for Bamberg Mayoralty

The former Bavarian minister has staked her hometown claim ahead of 2026's municipal election.

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Overview

  • On August 16, 2025, Huml confirmed via a CSU Bamberg video that she will run as the party’s candidate for mayor of her hometown Bamberg.
  • The CSU Bamberg plans to hold a formal nomination vote in autumn 2025 to endorse its mayoral contender.
  • CSU district chairman Gerhard Seitz praised Huml’s personal and professional qualifications along with her local network.
  • From October 2013 to January 2021 Huml served as Bavaria’s Health and Care Minister during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic before becoming European Minister until November 2023.
  • Born in Bamberg in 1975, Huml is a physician by training and has represented her district in the Bavarian parliament since 2003.