In his acceptance speech, the newly elected president called Germany “an anchor for hope,” and said “the country should take on responsibility and serve as a role model for other countries,” Deutsche Welle reported. BERLIN: Germany's former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the centre-left Social Democrats was elected Sunday as the country's ceremonial president in a vote held in the national parliament. The vote was held in Berlin's glass-domed Reichstag building by a special Federal Assembly, made up of national lawmakers and electors sent from Germany's 16 states -- among them deputies but also artists, writers, musicians and national football coach Joachim Loew.
Former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is elected President of Germany.