Apparently, Arnold is not the only German-speaking, justice-spreading, t.v. personality gone politician. Come up and running as the candidate for the German Presidency is none other than Peter Sodann. Sodann is the former star of the show Tatort, a police drama that he played commissioner in for sixteen years. Sodann was nominated by the Socialist left party on the Eighth of October and he will be running in the 2009 Presidential election.
The Socialists nominated Sodann and believe that he will be a president of the people if elected. He is well known and praised as an actor and a manager. Being that the German presidency is a very ceremonial office, Sodann’s past does not really matter. He is a many very interested in society’s ties and apparently that was enough to win the Socialists over. In Germany, the Presidential candidates are not elected by the people, but by the Federal Convention. In the Federal Convention, a secret ballot is passed by members of the parliament and delegates appointed by the state legislatures.
If elected, Sodann will be the first president with such a career behind him. The President in office now, who will be running for incumbency, is President Kohler. Kohler was head of the International Monetary Fund prior to his election. Kohler is highly likely to be reelected in next years election by a thin majority if there isn’t a major change in German politics prior to the election.
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It is good to see that Europe is looking to the entertainment business to find potential leaders. Who knows he might reinvigorate the german political landscape. After all Ronald Reagan was an actor and he didnt perform too badly as president
Andre B.P
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