Iranian national possible candidate for Germany's presidential election

Navid Kermani is an Iranian national whose name is seen among the next German presidential election candidates.

Kermani, 48, holds a doctorate in Islamic studies and has written novels with special readers. He is a prominent figure in the German society.

There will be at least one key difference between the next German presidential election and the last two: People are going to have a lot more time to speculate about who the candidates will be.

Whereas the 2010 and 2012 elections had to be called quickly after the unexpected resignations of Horst Koehler and Christian Wulff, respectively, Joachim Gauck‘s Monday announcement that he will not seek re-election in 2017 provides the country with months to mull all its options.

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