Factbox: Candidates to succeed Merkel as CDU party leader
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will not seek re-election as leader of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at a congress in December. Merkel, 64, also ruled out running for a fifth term as chancellor in 2021.