The Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been leading her party’s group in the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021. She is the first woman in this position.
Plein is an Ortsgemeinde –a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde,a kind of collective municipality –in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land,whose seat is in Wittlich,although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
Weisenheim am Sand is an Ortsgemeinde –a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde,a kind of collective municipality –in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
Carlsberg is an Ortsgemeinde –a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde,a kind of collective municipality –in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
Merzalben is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district,in Rhineland-Palatinate,western Germany,deriving its name from the Merzalbe,also known as the Merzalb,that flows through the village. Along with 5 other Ortsgemeinden Merzalben belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rodalben in Südwestpfalz,wherein it is the largest in terms of physical area,but the smallest in terms of population. The municipality contains several distinct natural and cultural landmarks,with the earliest known records dating back to 1237. It was also considered a state-approved tourist resort before the title was dropped in Rhineland Palatinate in 2016 and all communities awarded the designation were barred from its use in 2020.
Wolfgang Walter Wilhelm Bosbach is a German politician and member of Christian Democratic Union (CDU),which he joined in 1972. A lawyer by profession,Bosbach is a partner at Winter,Jansen &Lamsfußin Bergisch Gladbach.
Peter Bleser is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2021,representing Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück.
Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as president of the Federal Council from 1 November 2016 –2017,which made her deputy to the president of Germany while in office. She was the second female president of the Federal Council and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany. On 19 June 2024 she announced her resignation from the office of minister-president with effect of 10 July 2024.
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.
Christine Schneider is a German carpenter and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Erwin Rüddel is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009.
Patrick Schnieder 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 Rhineland-Palatinate since 2009.
Johannes Steiniger is a German teacher and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
The 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 14 March 2021 to elect the 18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The outgoing government was a "traffic light coalition" of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Democratic Party (FDP),and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer.
Volker Wissing is a German lawyer,former judge and politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the party's General Secretary since 2020,and as Minister for Transport in the federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He previously was the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German Parliament from 2004 to 2013.
Michael Frisch is a German politician of Alternative for Germany (AfD). He has been leader of the party's Rhineland-Palatinate branch since November 2019.
Ute Granold is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). She was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2013,where she was most recently the chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.
Ludwigshafen/Frankenthal is an electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 206. It is located in southeastern Rhineland-Palatinate,comprising the cities of Ludwigshafen and Frankenthal and the northern part of the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district.
Michael Billen was a German politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany,he served in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1996 to 2020. Billen died of leukemia on 4 January 2022,at the age of 66.
