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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmund Stoiber</span> German politician

Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he ran for the office of Chancellor of Germany in the federal election, and in one of the narrowest elections in German history lost against Gerhard Schröder. On 18 January 2007, he announced that he would step down as minister-president and as party chairman by 30 September, after having been under fire in his own party for weeks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Free Democratic Party (Germany)</span> Political party in Germany

The Free Democratic Party is a liberal political party in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Wulff</span> President of Germany from 2010 to 2012

Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is a retired German politician and lawyer who served as President of Germany from 2010 to 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he previously served as minister president of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010. He was elected to the presidency in the 30 June 2010 presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Joachim Gauck and taking office immediately, although he was not sworn in until 2 July. With the age of 51, he became Germany's youngest president.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armin Laschet</span> German politician (born 1961)

Armin Laschet is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 31 January 2022. He was elected to the German Bundestag following the 2021 German federal election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wolfgang Schäuble</span> German politician (1942–2023)

Wolfgang Schäuble was a German politician whose political career spanned more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he was the longest-serving member of any democratic German parliament. Schäuble served as the 13th president of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horst Seehofer</span> German politician

Horst Lorenz Seehofer is a German politician who served as Minister for the Interior, Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU), he served as the 18th minister-president of Bavaria from 2008 to 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 2008 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ursula von der Leyen</span> President of the European Commission since 2019

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician, serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions in Angela Merkel's cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. She is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its affiliated europarty, the European People's Party (EPP). On 7 March 2024, the EPP elected her as its Spitzenkandidat to lead the campaign for the 2024 European parliament elections. She was re-elected to head the Commission in July 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Lower Saxony state election</span> State election in Lower Saxony, Germany

The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christian Wulff was re-elected with a reduced majority.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heinz Riesenhuber</span> German politician (born 1935)

Heinz Friedrich Ruppert Riesenhuber is a German politician (CDU) who served as Minister of Scientific Research under Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1982 to 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reiner Haseloff</span> German politician

Reiner Haseloff is a German politician who serves as the Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt. On 9 October 2020, he was elected President of the Bundesrat. His one-year term started on 1 November 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephan Weil</span> German politician

Stephan Weil is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013, he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017, he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Saxony state election</span> State election in Saxony, Germany

The 2014 Saxony state election was held on 31 August 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Stanislaw Tillich was defeated as the FDP lost all its seats. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Tillich was re-elected as Minister-President.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hermann Gröhe</span> German politician

Gottfried Hermann Gröhe is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Health in the third cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Walther Leisler Kiep</span> German politician (1926–2016)

Walther Gottlieb Louis Leisler Kiep was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was a member of the Bundestag between 1965 and 1976 and again from 1980 to 1982. After switching to state-level politics, he served as minister of economy (1976–77) and minister of finance (1976–80) in Lower Saxony under Ernst Albrecht. In 1982, Kiep was the leading candidate for the CDU in two successive state elections in Hamburg, losing both to incumbent Klaus von Dohnányi. From 1971 until 1992, he was treasurer of his party at the federal level. In this position, Kiep installed a system of unreported income accounts, leading to the CDU donations scandal in 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Markus Söder</span> German politician (born 1967)

Markus Thomas Theodor Söder is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Bavaria since 2018 and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 German federal election</span>

Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany did not seek re-election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Kretschmer</span> German politician

Michael Kretschmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022, he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Thuringian state election</span> State election in Germany

The 2024 Thuringian state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect the members of the 8th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Saxony state election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election</span> German state election

The 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 6 June 2021 to elect the 8th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The outgoing government was coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and The Greens, led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Lower Saxony state election</span>

The 2022 Lower Saxony state election was held on 9 October 2022 to elect the 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) led by Minister-President Stephan Weil.

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  2. ↑ "German Cities Ring in New Year With Clean Air Campaign". Deutsche Welle . 1 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "German States to Ring in 2008 with Smoking Ban". Der Spiegel . 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Judge Issues Arrest Warrants for Former RAF Terrorists". Deutsche Welle . 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  5. ↑ "Erster ausgeglichener Haushalt seit 1969". Die Zeit (in German). 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Politicians Accuse Nokia of Abusing German, EU Subsidies". Deutsche Welle . 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2008.
  7. ↑ "Germany fire victims remembered". BBC News . 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  8. ↑ "Fire Sets German-Turkish Race Relations on Edge". Deutsche Welle . 7 February 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  9. ↑ "Authorities Investigating Deutsche Post CEO for Tax Evasion". Der Spiegel . 14 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  10. ↑ "Deutsche Post boss set to resign". BBC News . 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  11. ↑ "The Liechtenstein Connection". Der Spiegel . 16 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  12. ↑ "Monet painting in Cologne museum found to be forged". International Herald Tribune . 14 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  13. ↑ "Merkel Allies Lose Status in Bavarian Municipal Polls". Deutsche Welle . 3 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  14. ↑ "Germany Scraps Transrapid Rail Plans". Deutsche Welle . 27 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  15. ↑ Spiegelonline
  16. ↑ "German war film challenges taboo". BBC News . 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  17. ↑ "Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008". Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  18. ↑ Ganea, Constanþa (2009). "Ruxandra Sireteanu-Constantinescu (1945-2008)". Curierul de Fizica (in Romanian). 63 (1): 18.
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