# AfD candidate elected speaker of German regional parliament for first time

https://mins.news/en/item/88218

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 14:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c54g1m2g1pg3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Tobias Rausch of Germany’s far-right AfD has been elected speaker of Saxony-Anhalt’s parliament, the first time since World War Two that a far-right party has secured the post. He won with support from nine lawmakers outside his party, prompting opponents to call the vote a watershed and say a political line had been crossed.

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