The World - News from July 26, 1989
Spanish Socialist Enrique Baron Crespo was elected president of the European Parliament, defeating five other candidates from the 12-nation European Community. Baron won 301 votes in the balloting in Strasbourg, France, followed by West German Rudiger Von Wechmar with 93 votes and by Portuguese Greens party environmentalist Maria Santos, who was a distant third with 31 votes. Baron, a lawyer and economist and former transport minister, succeeds Henry Blumb of Britain.
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