Johannes Rau was a German politician (SPD). He was the president of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 June 2004 and the 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 1994/95.
Franz Müntefering is a German politician. He was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 18 October 2008 to 13 November 2009. He served as the minister of Labour and Social Affairs,as well as the vice-chancellor of Germany,in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2007.
Klaus Schütz was a German politician,who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1967 to 1977,as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Dietrich Stobbe was a German politician who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1977 to 1981,as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Stobbe also served as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 1978 to 31 October 1979.
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.
Oliver Krischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister for Environment,Nature Protection,and Transport in the government of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst since 2022.
Barbara Anne Hendricks is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.
Andreas Pinkwart is a German politician and academic who served as State Minister for Economic Affairs,Digitization,Innovation and Energy in the governments of Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. He previously was the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.
Klaus Lederer is a German politician of The Left who served as Deputy Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe in the Berlin state government between December 2016 to April 2023. He is also a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2001. He previously served as chairman of the Berlin branch of The Left from 2006 to 2016. He was the lead candidate for his party in the 2016,2021 and 2023 state elections.
Canan Bayram is a German lawyer and politician. She is a member of the 19th German Parliament (Bundestag). She was a member of the House of Representatives of Berlin from 2006 to 2017,when she was directly elected to the Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg –Prenzlauer Berg East electoral district in the 2017 federal election. From 2017 until 2021,she was the only Alliance 90/Green member of parliament to hold a direct mandate rather than being elected from the party list.
Svenja Schulze is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She serves as Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in the cabinet of Olaf Scholz. Schulze has been serving as member of the German Bundestag since 2021,representing North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sebastian Hartmann is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2013,representing the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district. From 2018 until 2021,he also served as chairman of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia.
Norbert Walter-Borjans is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as co-leader of the SPD from 2019 to 2021. He served as State Minister of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017.
Markus Kurth is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2002.
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.
Cornelia Seibeld is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since March 2023,she has served as the president of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin,having previously served as vice-president from 2016-2023. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus since 2006.
Bahar Haghanipour is a German social scientist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Since 2021,she has been Vice President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus since 2021.
Bernd Johannes Neuendorf is a German politician,journalist and football administrator who is currently serving as the president of the German Football Association (DFB). He had previously served as the president of the Middle Rhine Football Association from 2019 until his election as DFB president in 2022. Before entering sports,he was the state secretary of the Ministry for Family,Children,Youth,Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2012 to 2017.
Jürgen Berghahn is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for Lippe I since the 2021 German federal election. Previously,he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 2010 to 2021.
