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Katrin Göring-Eckardt after her election as Bundestag Vice-President
Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa
The previous leader of the Green Group, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, is the new Vice President of the German Bundestag.
She received 501 of the 689 votes cast in Thursday's election.
140 MPs voted no, there were 48 abstentions.
The Green politician succeeds Claudia Roth, who became Minister of State for Culture in the Ampel government.
Göring-Eckardt had already been Vice President of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2013.
Vice-President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP), who announced the result of the election, congratulated her with the words: "I look forward to a well-founded reinforcement of the Presidium."
AfD candidate falls far short of the required votes
In contrast, the AfD applicant Michael Kaufmann failed for the second time.
With only 94 yes-votes, he missed the required number of 369 votes by far.
He achieved an even worse result than when he first ran for the vice-presidential post in October, when he got 118 votes in favor.
muk / dpa