Amateur radio and politics may not always mix but almost everyone knows a few names of public officials who have led their nations. In Germany, one amateur radio operator has set his hopes high too.

Frederich Merz, DK7DQ, is hoping for an achievement that could be thought of as “Worked All Germany” even though, in this case, it's outside the realm of amateur radio.

Frederich Merz is the leader of Germany's CDU party and the front-runner in The February 23rd elections to replace Olaf Scholz. A win would make the political conservative the nation's new Chancellor and as such he would join the ranks of other licensed heads around the world - most notably the late King Hussein of Jordan, who held the callsign JY1, and the present King of Thailand, whose callsign is HS1ØA.