The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics.
Claudia Benedikta Roth is a German politician. She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag. She is currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media[de] in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.
Ronald Barnabas Schill is a former German judge,the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive and Pro DM/Schill. He served as the Senator of the Interior and Second Mayor in the government of Hamburg from 2001 to 2003.
The Party for a Rule of Law Offensive,Rule of Law State Offensive Party,Party for the Promotion of the Rule of Law,Law and Order Offensive Party,or Party of Law and Order Offensive,commonly known as the "Schill party" from 2000 to 2003,was a minor right-wing populist party in Germany,mainly active in the state of Hamburg,that ran on a platform of law and order. It was founded in July 2000 by the judge Ronald Schill and was temporarily very successful in Hamburg,winning 19.4% of the votes in the 2001 state election and joining a coalition government. After the centre-right coalition collapsed and Schill left the party in 2003,it quickly lost support. Attempts to expand to other states or the federal level were unsuccessful. It may therefore be considered a "flash party" or protest party.
Ole von Beust is a former German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010,serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Christoph Ahlhaus.
The 2004 Hamburg state election was held on 29 February 2004 to elect the members of the 18th Hamburg Parliament. The election was triggered by the collapse of the coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (PRO),and Free Democratic Party (FDP). The election saw a collapse in support for PRO which had split after its leader Ronald Schill left in 2003. The original party and Schill's new party captured 3.5% of the vote between them,down from 19.4% in 2001. A huge amount of support flowed to the CDU,which won 63 of the 121 seats in Parliament,forming a majority government. First Mayor Ole von Beust continued in office.
Claudia Crawford is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),who became the youngest cabinet minister in German history whilst in office from 1994–98 and was Federal Minister for family,seniors,women and youth affairs and,by virtue of this office,presided over the European Union Council of Ministers. Nolte is a Catholic and is active in the Catholic community. She is married to investigative journalist David Crawford of CORRECT!V. With her marriage in July 2008,she took the name of her husband.
Herlind Gundelach,is a German politician of the German Christian Democratic Union.
Ingeborg Helen Gräßle is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections,representing the Backnang –Schwäbisch Gmünd district. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019,where chaired of the Budgetary Control Committee.
Sabine Verheyen is a German architect and politician who serves as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since July 2024,having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union,part of the European People's Party.
Birgit Collin-Langen is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 until 2019. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union,part of the European People's Party.
Julia Klöckner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of Food,Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. Since 2012,she has also been part of the CDU leadership.
Aydan Özoğuz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),who has been serving as a Vice-president of the German Bundestag since October 2021. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and served as deputy chairperson of the party from 2011 until 2017.
Jürgen Klimke is a German politician and member of the conservative party CDU —Christian Democratic Union of Germany. From 1982 to 2002 he was member of the Parliament of the Free and Federal State of Hamburg. Between 2002 and 2017,he represented Hamburg in the German Federal Parliament.
Julia Obermeier is a German politician (CSU). She was a member of the German parliament (Bundestag) from 2013 to 2017,and was a member of the assembly's defence committee. Since 2015 she has also been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Jörg Dräger is a German physicist,non-partisan economic conservative politician and manager. From 2001 to 2008 he served as a senator in the Hamburg state government. From 2008 to 2021 he has been a member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board where he is responsible for the areas of education and integration. Dräger is considered a leading education expert and is the author of numerous books on education policy,including the impacts of digitization.
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.
Birgit Pommer is a German politician of The Left who has served as President of the Landtag of Thuringia since November 2019. She is the first member of her party to serve as speaker of any state parliament. Prior,she served as Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture in the first Ramelow cabinet.
Tanja Gönner is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the Federation of German Industries (BDI),the leading lobby organization of German industry since November 2022.
