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Germany's de Maziere chosen as defence minister-sources


    BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coalition government has chosen Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere to replace Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as defence minister, government sources said on Wednesday.

    The appointment is part of a reshuffle that will also see Hans-Peter Friedrich become interior minister, Christian Social Union (CSU) party sources said.

    De Maziere is a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU Christian Democrats.

    Friedrich heads the CSU's parliamentary grouping.

    (Reporting by Andreas Rinke and Markus Wacket; Writing by John Stonestreet)