Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic,where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
In Germany,the President of the Bundesrat or President of the Federal Council is the chairperson (speaker) of the Bundesrat. The president is elected by the Bundesrat for a term of one year. Traditionally,the presidency of the Bundesrat rotates among the leaders of the sixteen state governments. This is however only an established practice;theoretically the Bundesrat is free to elect any member it chooses,and a president could also be re-elected. As well as acting as a chairperson,the president of the Bundesrat is ex officio deputy of the Federal President. The President of the German Federal Council is 4th in the German order of precedence. In addition,the main celebration of German Unity Day is traditionally held in the state that holds the presidency.
The Lower Saxon Landtag or the Parliament of Lower Saxony is the state diet of the German state of Lower Saxony. It convenes in Hanover and currently consists of 146 members,consisting of four parties. Since 2022 the majority is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Greens,supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil (SPD).
Reinhold Hilbers is a German businessman and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He has been a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony since March 2003. Since November 2017,he has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President Stephan Weil.
The Minister-President of Lower Saxony,also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister,is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony. The position was created in 1946,when the states of Brunswick,Oldenburg,Schaumburg-Lippe and the State of Hanover were merged to form the state of Lower Saxony. The current Minister President is Stephan Weil,heading a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the CDU. Weil succeeded David McAllister following the 2013 state election.
Henning Otte is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).
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.
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.
Sven Schulze is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff since 2021. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2021.
An indirect presidential election was held in Germany on 13 February 2022 to elect the next President of Germany.
Michael Kretschmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since 13 December 2017. Since 2022,he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU,under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.
The Minister president (Ministerpräsident) is the head of state and government in thirteen of Germany's sixteen states.
Sabine Sütterlin-Waack is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She currently serves as State Minister of the Interior,Municipal Affairs,Housing and Sports in the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
Barbara Havliza is a German judge and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Justice in the government of Minister President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony since November 2017.
Maria Franziska Flachsbarth is a German veterinarian and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the fourth coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. Since 2011,she has also served as the president of the German Catholic Women's Association.
Carola Reimann is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister for Social Affairs,Health,and Equality in the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2021. She previously represented Braunschweig in the Bundestag from 2002 until 2017.
Katja Meier is a German politician who is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens. She was a member of the Landtag of Saxony 2015-2020 and has been serving as Saxon State Minister of Justice and for Democracy,European Affairs and Equality since 20 December 2019.
Birgit Honé is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who is serving as Minister of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development in the state government of Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony. Since 2017 she has been a member of the German Bundesrat.
Björn Thümler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister for Science and Culture for Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022. Thümler has been a part of the Landtag of Lower Saxony since 2003. As minister,he also was a member of the German Bundesrat from 2017 to 2022.
Mareike Lotte Wulf is a German politician (CDU) and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2021. From 2017 to 2021,she was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament.
