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Franca Lehfeldt with Christian Lindner 2018
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The mayor of the municipality of Sylt, Nikolas Häckel (independent), will officially marry Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and his partner Franca Lehfeldt on Thursday.
He will be the registrar, Häckel told the German press agency dpa.
The "Hamburger Abendblatt" had previously reported.
Celebrations will continue on Sylt in the coming days.
As the German Press Agency learned from FDP circles on Tuesday, there should be a bachelorette party on Friday.
On Saturday, Lindner and Lehfeldt want to say yes in a church.
According to media reports, numerous celebrities are on the guest list - including Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
According to the "Bild" newspaper, around 140 people have been invited.
The couple themselves have not given any information about the upcoming wedding.
»We are overjoyed«
Lehfeldt works as a political reporter for the news channel »Welt«, which belongs to the Axel Springer media group.
It was announced last October that she and Lindner got engaged.
"We are overjoyed," Lehfeldt told the RTL broadcaster, for which she was still working.
It will be the second marriage for Lindner, he was already married to the journalist Dagmar Rosenfeld.
Not only do the islanders themselves get married on Sylt, but also many guests.
"Before Corona, we had about 800 weddings a year with different numbers of guests," said Häckel.
Sylt has a high density of luxury hotels and is a popular travel destination for the rich and famous.
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