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German media reported Ole von Beust had planned to quit even though the charismatic 55-year-old was a pillar of strength for Merkel and her Christian Democrats in the left-leaning northern port of Hamburg, one of Germany's 16 federal states. The loss of yet another CDU state leader dealt a further setback for Merkel, who celebrated her 56th birthday on Saturday. Opinion polls have tracked a steep erosion in support for her conservatives and the center-right coalition. Many Germans feel the federal government has made little tangible progress on badly needed economic and financial reforms as the budget deficit has risen to record highs. The departure of von Beust will compound Merkel's problems, analysts say, by extending the party's loss of potentially strong, popular leaders at the national level and making her look more isolated at the top. An announcement of von Beust's resignation was expected at about 1600 GMT. Local media said von Beust would cite fatigue after nine years running Germany's second largest city. But his exit has also raised critical questions about Merkel's tenure. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, 67, tried to deflect the criticism, telling the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday that changes in leadership were good for the party. "In other countries it's far more normal for political leaders to switch careers at some point," Schaeuble said. "If there weren't any change, everyone would say: 'Oh, those are always the same people and there's no innovation'." DISARRAY But with five other CDU state leaders having quit in the last 10 months, columnist C.C. Malzahn wrote in the conservative Welt am Sonntag that Merkel was partially responsible for the loss of so many talented politicians. "It might not be entirely accurate to blame the chancellor for all these losses but at the same time you have to ask if she did enough to keep her key players on the team -- and the answer is: No, she didn't," Malzahn wrote. Von Beust, a close ally of Merkel, engineered the first CDU-Greens coalition ever in 2008 -- establishing a precedent with Merkel's blessing for the right-left coalition and possible model for such a government at the federal level at some point. Von Beust was long seen as one of the CDU's most influential leaders. Openly gay, he has been a leading moderate voice in the CDU and helped make important inroads into new voter groups, especially in urban areas, that conservatives had long ignored. Bild am Sonntag said von Beust longed to spend more time on Germany's chic North Sea island Sylt. He was also alarmed by a rise in left-wing violence as well as strained public finances. A spokesman for the Hamburg government declined to comment. Thuringia's state premier Dieter Althaus resigned in September after an election debacle, Baden-Wuerttenberg's premier Guenther Oettinger left to become an EU commissioner in February and Christian Wulff of Lower Saxony quit in June after being elected federal president, a ceremonial office in Germany. Hesse state premier Roland Koch has announced he will leave politics at the end of August. And Juergen Ruettgers, state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, was beaten in an election in May and pushed out of office last week. (Editing by Mark Heinrich) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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