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Federal President Election: AfD Sends Ex-Footballer Berthold Into the Race for Bellevue

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Thomas Berthold won the World Cup title with the national team in 1990. Now the AfD is sending him into the race for the highest state office. This has to do with his role during the pandemic.

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The opposition party "Alternative for Germany" (AdG) nominated former German football player Thomas Bertold for the presidency of the Federal Republic of Germany, reported to the co-chairman of the party Alice Weidel, who explained the choice of a non-party candidate to provide a "real new start at the head of the State", which is possible "only outside party payments and old clicks", transmitting to RIA "News." Thomas Bertold played 62 games fo…

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The AfD has nominated former world football champion Thomas Berthold as a candidate for the election to the Federal President. He has been noted politically especially in the Corona pandemic so far.

·Berlin, Germany
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Thomas Berthold won the World Cup title with the national team in 1990. Now the AfD is sending him into the race for the highest state office. This has to do with his role during the pandemic.

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Football world champion Thomas Berthold is to become AfD candidate for the Federal President's Office. The former national player previously appeared at cross-thinker demonstrations and emigrated.

·Berlin, Germany
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The far-right party “Alternative for Germany” (“ADN”) plans to nominate former German national football player Thomas Berthold as a candidate for the post of federal president.

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Welt broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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