He stood for election as independent and won with 55.4% of the votes. A result that until a few years ago for Ryyan Alshebl, 29, was downright unthinkable. In fact, it is an escape from the war in Syria, his country of origin. In 2015 he left and arrived Lesvos like other tens of thousands of migrants on board a Dinghy, to then stop Germany. And now he has been elected mayor of the village Ostelsheim2,500 inhabitants, in Baden-Wuerttemberg. As Zdf reports, the new mayor described the campaign experience as “extremely positive” and argued that the village “Ostelsheim gave a sign of tolerance and openness to the whole Germany“.
Fleeing the civil war at the age of 21 ashebl left his hometown As-SuwaydaSouth of Syria, pass Lebanon And Turkiye and reaching the Greek island Lesvos. Arrived in Germany learned the German and after a few stages he moved Althengstetta few kilometers from Ostelsheimalso with a German passport, where he worked in roles for seven years after an internship administrative. But now he wants to move to the city, where he will become mayor.