A German village elected a Syrian refugee as its new Mayor on Sunday with an absolute majority of 55.41 per cent of the votes, the municipality announced in the evening.
Ryyan Alshebl, 29, who fled Syria in 2015, stood as a non-party candidate to become Mayor of Ostelsheim in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg.
In his private life, however, he is a member of the Green Party.