PoliticsAfD representative elected chairman of Saxony-Anhalt Landtag
Tobias Rausch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the party’s first politician elected chairman of a regional parliament, after Saxony-Anhalt’s Landtag chose him in the first voting round. He received 48 votes, with 29 against and five abstentions. The AfD won 43.8% in the September 6 election but lacks a majority; the BSW had pledged to support his candidacy.
AfD representative elected chairman of Saxony-Anhalt Landtag