Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a leading Social Democrat, wins Sunday`s election, AzVision.az reports citing Anadolu Agency.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a popular Social Democrat politician, was elected Germany’s new president by an overwhelming majority Sunday.
The 61-year-old politician, who served as foreign minister from 2013 until last January, managed to secure a majority in the first vote by the Federal Convention, and became Germany’s twelfth president.
The new president got 931 out of 1239 valid votes cast by the members of the Federal Assembly, which is made up of 630 federal lawmakers and an equal number of delegates from 16 states.
Steinmeier was named the joint candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat bloc and their coalition partner Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Opposition parties, The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), also backed Steinmeier as the country`s next president.
Steinmeier elected Germany`s new president
12 February 2017
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