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5669 Presidential Election: Freiland-Weber Elected on First Ballot
July 5669

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President-elect Freiland-Weber speaking from the Green Party's HQ following her election by Bundestag.

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Bundestag, Dunburg - For the first time after decades, a member of the Green Party will return to live in Karlottenberg Schloss: Dr. Anna Freiland-Weber, the Green Minister for Infrastructure and Energy of the Schneider cabinet, has won the Presidential election that will replace term-limited President Teitelbaum (TLD). Freiland-Weber was a candidate of a very large faction: DSDP and DSU, two key members of the Federal Cabinet were joined by the NDZP in endorsing the Green's party candidacy to the highest office, most experts says that she was able to get the Hosian-Democrats' endorsement also thanks to her centrist appeal, other say this is a way for the NDZP to gain influence over the President and perhaps being able to have more weight during the time of post-election Cabinet negotiations.

The Freiland-Weber Coalition could count on 425 members in Bundestag, just barely above the threshold required to win in the first and second ballot (420), she obtained in the end 421 votes, being able to win election in the first round, but with at least four members of the coalition not voting for her. Her opponents were Julstoch Minister-President Dr. Francine Mueller, of the KBP, and endorsed by the TLD who obtained 146 votes in Bundestag and Karl-Heinrich Muller, a veteran member of Bundestag for the DRF who traditionally doesn't engage in Presidential coalition and always run their own candidates. Muller won 54 votes, the entirety of the DRF group.

Now, the President-elect will be officially sworn in by her predecessor and the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on September 1, in the meantime she will be meeting with outgoing President Teitelbaum and all political leaders in the Bundestag. She has also announced that she will offer her resignation as Federal Minister effective August 20, allowing Chancellor Schneider to choose a replacement without rushing.

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Results of the Presidential Election (420 needed to win (first and second ballot), 316 needed to win (from third ballot onwards):
Dr. Anna Freiland-Weber, Green (endorsed by NDZP, DSDP and DSU): 421
Dr. Francine Mueller, KBP (endorsed by the TLD): 146
Karl-Heinrich Muller, DRF: 54
Blank: 9

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