North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia,commonly shortened to NRW,is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants,it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states,it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 km2 (13,160 sq mi),it is the fourth-largest German state by size.
The 2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 May 2000 to elect the 13th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Wolfgang Clement.
Laurenz Meyer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union or CDU. From 2000 to 2004,he was general secretary of the CDU.
The 2005 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 22 May 2005 to elect the 14th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Peer Steinbrück.
The Free State of Lippe was created following the abdication of Prince Leopold IV of the Principality of Lippe on 15 November 1918,following the German Revolution. It was a state in Germany during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. After the end of the Second World War,the Control Commission for Germany –British Element (CCG/BE) abolished the state of Lippe in January 1947 and incorporated it into the new German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that had been created three months earlier.
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 government is a coalition of the CDU and the Greens,supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Hendrik Wüst since June 2022.
The Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia is 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.
Sylvia Löhrmann is a German politician of the Green Party. From 2010 to 2017 she was Deputy Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and State Minister of School and Further Education.
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.
Ralf Jäger is a German politician. He is a member of the SPD. Since 2000 he has been 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.
Katja Dörner is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as mayor of Bonn since 2020. From 2009 until 2020,she was a member of the Bundestag.
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.
The 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 15 May 2022 to elect the 18th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Hendrik Wüst.
Nyke Slawik is a German politician and member of the Bundestag representing the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Alliance 90/The Greens list. Upon her election in the 2021 German federal election,Slawik and fellow politician Tessa Ganserer together became the first openly transgender people elected to the German parliament.
Joachim Stamp is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from the 2012 elections to 2022. He served as Deputy Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023 he has been serving as Special representative of the Federal Government for Migration Agreements.
