Roland Koch is a German jurist and former conservative politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 7th Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999,immediately becoming the 53rd President of the Bundesrat,completing the term begun by his predecessor as Minister President,Hans Eichel,until his resignation on 31 August 2010. During his time in office,Koch was widely regarded as one of Chancellor Angela Merkel's main rivals within the CDU.
Walter Wallmann was a German lawyer politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986,and as Minister-president of Hesse from 1987 to 1991.
Petra Roth is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Mayor of Frankfurt from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president of the Deutscher Städtetag,resuming her previous post there in 2009. The group is the head organization and lobby group for all German cities vis-à-vis the Cabinet of Germany,the German Bundestag,the Bundesrat of Germany,the European Union (EU) and many organizations.
The politics of Hesse takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic,where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Hesse. The state has a multi-party system where,as in most other states of former Western Germany and the federal level,the two main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Tarek Mohammed Al-Wazir is a German politician. Al-Wazir is a member of Alliance '90/The Greens,and since January 2014,he has been deputy to the Hessian Minister-President,and Hessian Minister of Economics,Energy,Transport and Regional Development. He is a member of the Landtag of Hesse and was co-chair of the Hessian Green Party.
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel is a former German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as member of the management board of GIZ since 2019.
Volker Bouffier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany.
The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The election was held on the same day as the 2013 federal election. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier was defeated. The FDP suffered major losses,exceeding the 5% electoral threshold by under 1,000 votes. After the election,the CDU formed a coalition with The Greens,and Bouffier continued in office.
Peter Michael Tauber is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2021. From 16 December 2013 to 26 February 2018 he served as Secretary General of the CDU under the leadership of its chairwoman Angela Merkel.
Peter Beuth is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU party. Beuth is an MP in the Landtag,the parliament of Hesse. Since 18 January 2014 he is State Minister of the Interior and for Sports in the government of Minister-President Volker Bouffier of Hesse. Before that he was Secretary General of CDU Hesse since 14 March 2009.
Daniel Günther is a German politician who is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Since 28 June 2017,he has served as the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019,he served as President of the Bundesrat,being succeeded by Dietmar Woidke.
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.
Ingmar Jung is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2017.
Thomas Schäfer was a German lawyer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was Minister of Finance of Hesse between 2010 and 2020.
Michael Boddenberg is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister of Finance of Hesse since 3 April 2020.
Angela Dorn-Rancke is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as the State Minister for Higher Education,Research,Science and the Arts of Hesse in the cabinet of Minister-President Volker Bouffier since 18 January 2019.
Nancy Faeser is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),serving as Federal Minister of the Interior and Community in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet since 2021. She served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse from the 2003 elections until 2021. In 2019,she became the party's leader in Hesse,as well as the leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Hesse.
The Third Bouffier cabinet was the state government of Hesse between 2019 and 2022,sworn in on 18 January 2019 after Volker Bouffier was elected as Minister-President of Hesse by the members of the Landtag of Hesse. It was the 22nd Cabinet of Hesse.
The Second Bouffier cabinet was the state government of Hesse between 2014 and 2019,sworn in on 18 January 2014 after Volker Bouffier was elected as Minister-President of Hesse by the members of the Landtag of Hesse. It was the 21st Cabinet of Hesse.
The Rhein cabinet is the current state government of Hesse,sworn in on 31 May 2022 after Boris Rhein was elected as Minister-President of Hesse by the members of the Landtag of Hesse. It is the 23rd Cabinet of Hesse.
