Johann Wadephul is expected to be Germany's new foreign minister.

Johann Wadephul will become Germany's new foreign minister, German media reported on Sunday.

The Table Media portal said that 62-year-old Wadephul, from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), will be the country's top foreign policy official, replacing Annalena Baerbock, foreign media wrote, according to Telegraph.

The coalition government of incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz – made up of his CDU, the Christian Social Union (CSU) only in Bavaria and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) – will take office in early May, with key ministerial positions expected to be announced on Monday.

The CDU will hold a small party conference in Berlin on Monday to approve the coalition agreement, which also needs the approval of SPD members in a vote that ends on Tuesday.

Wadephul, a policy specialist from Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein, will become the CDU's first foreign minister in almost 60 years.

He is expected to take the position ahead of Armin Laschet, the CDU's candidate for chancellor in the party's unsuccessful 2021 election campaign.

The Table Media report also revealed that Karin Prien will be appointed the new education minister.

A CDU spokesman did not confirm the nominations to dpa on Sunday.

In total, the CDU will hold seven of the 17 cabinet-level ministerial positions in the new government.

The SPD will also retain seven, with three going to the CSU.

The three parties reached a coalition agreement earlier this month, a few weeks after the February parliamentary elections. /Telegraph/