Former boy-band member becomes Werder Bremen president
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Philipp Mehrtens delivers his speech as a candidate for the presidency of Werder Bremen during the Werder Bremen Annual General Meeting (is associated with: «Former boy-band member becomes Werder Bremen president») Carmen Jaspersen/dpa
Former boy-band member Philipp Mehrtens was elected as president of Werder Bremen on Sunday.
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The 48-year-old was the only candidate and succeeds Hubertus Hess-Grunewald at the Bundesliga club.
The Bild newspaper has reported that Mehrtens was a member of Bremen boy-band First Love in the 1990s.
"It would be the icing on the cake if three more points followed in next week's north German derby," he told club delegates as he looked ahead to the clash with rivals Hamburg next Sunday.