The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin is the state parliament (Landtag) of Berlin,Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993 the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchnerstraße in Mitte,which until 1934 was the seat of the Prussian Landtag. The current president of the parliament is Cornelia Seibeld (CDU).
Katina Schubert is a German politician who is serving as leader of the Berlin branch of The Left and member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2016. Since 2021,she has also been one of six deputy federal leaders of The Left.
Anne Helm is a German politician and voice actress. She is serving as parliamentary leader of The Left in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since June 2020,and has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus since 2016. She was previously a member of the Pirate Party Germany from 2009 to 2014.
Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf 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 79. It is located in southwestern Berlin,comprising the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough.
The 2011 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011 to elect the members of the 17th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left lost its majority.
Karl-Georg Wellmann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2001 to 2005,he was member of the Abgeordnetenhaus,the state parliament of Berlin. Between 2005 and 2017,he was an MP of the German Bundestag.
Matthias Kollatz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as State Minister of Finance in the government of Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin from 2014 to 2021.
Ute Elisabeth Finckh-Krämer is a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She was a member of the Bundestag from October 2013 until October 2017.
The 2021 Berlin state election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),The Left,and The Greens led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller. Müller did not run for re-election as Mayor,and former federal minister Franziska Giffey led the SPD in the election. The Berlin expropriation referendum was held on the same day,as well as the Borough council elections who function as the municipal elections of Berlin.
Bettina Jarasch is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as Deputy Mayor and Senator for Environment,Mobility,Consumer and Climate Protection in the Berlin state government from December 2021 to April 2023. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2016 to 2021 and again since 2023,as well as leader of the Berlin branch of the Greens from 2011 to 2016. She was the Greens' lead candidate for the 2021 Berlin state election and again for the 2023 Berlin repeat state election.
Halina Wawzyniak is a German politician of The Left who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2017. She was federal co-deputy leader of The Left from 2008 to 2012.
Antje Kapek is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. From 2012 to 2022,she was co-chair of the Greens parliamentary group in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. She was co-lead candidate in the 2016 Berlin state election alongside Ramona Pop,Bettina Jarasch,and Daniel Wesener.
Silke Gebel is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Since 2016,she has been co-chair of the Greens parliamentary group in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus since 2011.
Iris Spranger is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as Senator for Interior,Digitalisation and Sport in the Berlin state government since December 2021. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2011,and previously served from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2011 she was State Secretary in the state Finance Department.
Julia Schneider is a German administrative scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who is serving as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021.
Katrin Schmidberger is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who is serving as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2011.
Sebastian Czaja is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He served as parliamentary leader of the FDP in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2016 to 2023,and was lead candidate for the party in the 2016,2021 and 2023 state elections.
The 2023 Berlin repeat state election was held on 12 February 2023 to once again elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The 19th Abgeordnetenhaus was originally elected in the 2021 Berlin state election held on 26 September. On 16 November 2022,the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin declared the results invalid due to numerous irregularities and ordered a repeat election within 90 days. A decision by the Federal Constitutional Court regarding five constitutional complaints is still pending but would not be decided until after the repeat election. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),The Greens,and The Left led by Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey. Alongside the Abgeordnetenhaus election,the boroughs of Berlin council results were also ruled invalid and repeat elections ordered for the same date.
