Son of Turkish Immigrants Wins German Mayoral Race
A German Green party lawmaker with Turkish roots has won a runoff election to become the mayor of Hannover.
Berlin, Nov 11 (AP) A German Green party lawmaker with Turkish roots has won a runoff election to become the mayor of Hannover.
Belit Onay received 52.9 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election compared with 47.1 per cent for center-right candidate Eckhard Scholz.
German news agency dpa reported that it is the first time a candidate born to immigrant parents has been elected mayor of one of the country's 16 state capitals.
Almost 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany.
Many came to the country decades ago as guest workers, helping fill a labour shortage after World War II.
Onay, a 38-year-old jurist, succeeds Stefan Schostok of the center-left Social Democrats, who resigned earlier this year.
The Social Democrats had governed the capital of Germany's northern state of Lower Saxony for more than 70 years. (AP)
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