Presidential election 2022: Frank-Walter Steinmeier before re-election
Created: 02/11/2022, 21:31
By: Felix Busjaeger
The Federal Assembly elects the Federal President.
It is certain that it will be Frank-Walter Steinmeier again.
But there are other candidates for the post.
Berlin – Five years ago, with a sophisticated coup, Frank-Walter Steinmeier* was elected President: When it came to a presidential election in 2017, the Union lacked a suitable candidate.
The SPD chairman at the time, Sigmar Gabriel, seized the opportunity and finally brought up the conversation with the then Foreign Minister Steinmeier, who finally moved into Bellevue Palace on March 22, 2017.
Now, five years later, Steinmeier's first term is over and he wants to continue.
On Sunday he is standing for re-election by the Federal Assembly.
Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany: | Frank Walter Steinmeier |
Born: | January 5, 1956 (age 66), Detmold |
Size: | 1.78m |
spouse: | Elke Büdenbender (married 1995) |
Presidential election: Frank-Walter Steinmeier has three competitors in the election of the head of state
It is extremely likely that Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose salary as Federal President* is surprising, will be confirmed in office.
The majority he will enjoy in the Federal Assembly is too large.
The Social Democrat, who is now giving up his party affiliation as head of state, is supported by the traffic light parties SPD, Greens and FDP as well as by the CDU/CSU opposition.
Nevertheless: There are also three opposing candidates: The doctor Gerhard Trabert * (65) is running for the left and the economist Max Otte * (57), who is a member of the CDU, is running for the AfD.
The 16th Federal Assembly convened in 2017 to elect a new Federal President.
Five years later, a new election is held.
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Ever since Otte opted for the AfD nomination, his party has opposed him and instituted proceedings to exclude him from the party.
A few days before the 2022 presidential election*, the free voters sent the physicist Stefanie Gebauer (41) into the running for state office.
In view of the clear majority of Steinmeier voters, all three are considered to have no chance.
The SPD, Greens, FDP and CDU/CSU together make up 1,223 of the 1,472 members of the Federal Assembly in the presidential election*.
Who will be Federal President in 2022?
Frank-Walter Steinmeier needs an absolute majority in the Federal Assembly
Who will be Federal President in 2022*?
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who lives with his wife Elke Büdenbender* and daughter Merit* in Zehlendorf, needs 737 votes for the necessary absolute majority in the Federal Assembly.
So he could win the presidential election in the first ballot – the process of the presidential election in 2022* follows a clear pattern.
Only in the third ballot would a simple majority of the votes suffice.
When he was first elected President five years ago, Steinmeier received 931 of the 1,253 votes cast – these came from the Union and the SPD, which formed a grand coalition at the time, as well as from the Greens and the FDP.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier's re-election in the 2022 presidential election is considered certain
But it is not only his re-election as Federal President that is certain in the 2022 presidential election, Frank-Walter Steinmeier also enjoys great approval from the population.
In the current ZDF trend barometer, 85 percent of those surveyed were of the opinion that the social democrat would do his job as Federal President rather well.
Only ten percent rated his previous work as rather bad.
As early as last May, he announced that he wanted to run again for the office of Federal President.
“We have rubbed ourselves raw fighting about the right path.
I want to help heal these wounds,” he explained his decision at the time.
When Steinmeier is elected on Sunday by the Federal Assembly, which is larger than ever and whose oldest member is a Nazi eyewitness*, he will join the ranks of his predecessors as only the fifth Federal President to have a number of tasks* who are starting a second term.
Theodor Heuss, Heinrich Lübke and Richard von Weizsäcker each held the office for ten years.
However, Lübke just missed the official end of his second term.
Horst Köhler was re-elected in 2009, but resigned a year later.
Interested parties can follow Steinmeier's possible re-election as Federal President live on TV*.
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