Johannes Rau was a German politician (SPD). He was President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004 and Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 20 September 1978 to 9 June 1998. In the latter role, he also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1982/83 and in 1994/1995.
North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany. It is the most-populous of the 16 states of Germany.
Laurenz Meyer is a German politician.
The Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. The two main parties are the Centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (Landtag) of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which convenes in the state capital of Düsseldorf, in the eastern part of the district of Hafen. The parliament is the central legislative body in the political system of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to passing of laws, its most important tasks are the election of the Minister-President of the state and the administration of the government. The current parties of government are a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Armin Laschet since June 2017.
Christian Wolfgang Lindner is a German politician, member of the Bundestag and leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP).
The Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia in the constitutional document that governs the responsibilities and rights of various offices and the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
Bärbel Beuermann is a German politician, and was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia as a list MP since the state election held on 9 May 2010. She is the joint leader of the party in the Landtag, and is also a member of The Left's national party executive. After the election of 2012 in North Rhine-Westphalia she retired from the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Left of North Rhine-Westphalia is the chapter of the Left Party in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hamide Akbayir is a German politician and member of the Left North Rhine-Westphalia, a state chapter of the Left Party of Germany.
Jutta Appelt is a German politician and writer from the German Christian Democratic Union. She was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia between 1995 and 2005.
Max Archimowitz was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1956 to 1958, from 1962 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1970.
Ralf Jäger is a German politician. He is a member of the SPD. Since 2000 he is an MP of the Landtag, the parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Between 2010 and 2017 he served as Minister for Interior and Local Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the cabinet of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. In 2014 he was chairman of the Standing Conference of Interior Ministers in Germany.
The 2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hannelore Kraft was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party and formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). CDU leader Armin Laschet was subsequently elected Minister-President.
Svenja Schulze is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from Münster in Westphalia.
Beatrix Philipp was a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She initially served on the city council of Düsseldorf from 1975 to 1985 before becoming a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1994, she was elected to the national Bundestag, serving until 2013. Outside of politics, Philipp was a headmistress.
Britta Haßelmann is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 2005 and first manager of the Green parliamentary group since 2013.
Volkmar Klein is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1995 until 2009.
Alfred Gleisner was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Liselotte Funcke was a German liberal politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was a member of the German Bundestag parliament from 1961 to 1979, serving as its vice president from 1969. She then was appointed state Minister of Economy in North Rhine-Westphalia, the first woman in the position. Funcke is remembered for her engagements to integrate foreigners in German society, as the federal Commissioner for Foreigners (Ausländerbeauftragte) from 1981 to 1991, and afterwards.
