BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies chose defence expert Christian Schmidt on Monday to replace the agriculture minister who quit the German chancellor's cabinet after leaking information about a lawmaker being investigated for possessing child pornography.
Schmidt comes from the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrats, as does Hans-Peter Friedrich, who was forced to resign last Friday for leaking the information when he was interior minister.
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