Federal elections were held in Germany on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th Bundestag. The snap election was called after the government's defeat in the North Rhine-Westphalia state election,which caused them to intentionally lose a motion of confidence to trigger an early federal election. The outgoing government was a coalition of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Alliance 90/The Greens,led by federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The election was originally intended for the autumn of 2006.
Sören Bartol is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Housing,Urban Development and Building in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He has been a member of the German Parliament since 2002.
Ronald Pofalla is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and a Federal Minister for Special Affairs from 2009 to 2013,in the second coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. From 2017 to 2022,he was the CEO of the infrastructure department of Deutsche Bahn.
Katherina Reiche is a German manager and former politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Oliver Wittke is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021,she served in various capacities in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Alexander Dobrindt is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He is the Chairman of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag since 2017. Between 2013 and 2017,he served as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Previously,he was the Secretary General of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria under the leadership of party chairman Horst Seehofer from 2009.
Norbert Barthle is a German politician of the Christian Democratic (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1998 until 2021,representing Backnang –Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Kirsten Lühmann is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),deputy federal chairwoman of the German Civil Service Federation and,since the German federal elections of 2009,a member of parliament for the SPD.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag,as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter.
The Third Merkel cabinet was the 23rd Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 18th legislative session of the Bundestag. Installed after the 2013 federal election,it left office on 14 March 2018. It was preceded by the second Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the fourth Merkel cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The government was supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD). Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) replaced Philipp Rösler (FDP) as Vice Chancellor of Germany and became Federal Minister for Economics and Energy.
Stephan Ernst Johann Mayer is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. In 2022,he briefly served as the Secretary General of the CSU,under the leadership of the party's chairman Markus Söder.
Michael Kretschmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022,he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU,under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.
Steffen Bilger is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Ludwigsburg.
Ralph Brinkhaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as parliamentary leader of the CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag from 2018 to 2022.
Daniela Ludwig is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002.
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.
Ulrich Lange is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2009.
Thomas Silberhorn is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2002.
Tanja Gönner is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the Federation of German Industries (BDI),the leading lobby organization of German industry since November 2022.
