UPDATE 1-German liberal Lindner wants Bundesbank to stick to Weidmann's course

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BERLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Free Democrats, Christian Lindner, who is often tipped as the next government's finance minister, said on Wednesday that there should be no change of course at the Bundesbank with President Jens Weidmann's departure.

"A change at the top of the Bundesbank cannot be connected with a change in political course," said Lindner in Berlin following Weidmann's announcement that he would be stepping down as president of Germany's central bank at the end of the year.

"The Bundesbank must continue to be an advocate for a stability-oriented monetary policy in Europe," Lindner added, without saying whom he wanted to succeed Weidmann.

Lindner's pro-business party is due to begin talks with the Social Democrats, who came first in last month's national election, and the Greens on forming a coalition government to replace Angela Merkel's conservative-led coalition.

Many in his party, the most economically liberal of the three, would like to see his party claim the post of finance minister. Robert Habeck, co-leader of the second-placed Greens, is also frequently tipped as a possible holder of the post.

Lindner earlier expressed regret over Weidmann's resignation on Twitter and said that the Bundesbank president had "stood for stability-oriented monetary policy, whose importance is growing in the face of inflationary risks." (Reporting by Miranda Murray and Christian Kraemer, editing by Emma Thomasson)