AfD gains first far-right state speaker since 1945, AFP says

An AfD candidate, Tobias Rausch, was elected speaker of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament on Tuesday, with 48 lawmakers voting for him and 29 against. AFP reported that it was the first time a far-right party had held such a post in Germany since 1945.

Lawmakers were meeting for the first time since the AfD's election victory in the eastern region last month.