Peer Stefan Wenzel is a German agricultural economist and politician for the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections,representing the Cuxhaven –Stade II district.
Christian Dürr is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Since December 2021 he has been leader of the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
Stefan Birkner is a German lawyer and politician for the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From 2011 to 2023,he chaired the FDP in Lower Saxony.
Stephan Weil is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013,the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013,he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017,he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.
The Cabinet Weil I was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 19 February 2013 until 22 November 2017. The Cabinet was headed by Minister President Stephan Weil and was formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance '90/The Greens,after Weil's winning of the 2013 Lower Saxony state election. On 19 February 2013,Weil was elected and sworn in as Minister President by the Landtag of Lower Saxony.
Hendrik Hoppenstedt is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German parliament Bundestag since 2013,representing the Hannover-Land I constituency. Before he got elected in 2013,he was mayor of the city of Burgwedel in the northern German state of Lower Saxony.
Hans Mühlenfeld was a German politician and diplomat who served as the second Ambassador to Australia and Ambassador to the Netherlands.
The 2017 Lower Saxony state election was held on 15 October 2017 to elect the 18th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Stephan Weil was defeated. Though the SPD became the largest party in the Landtag largely fueled by the personal popularity of Weil,their gains were offset by losses for the Greens,depriving the government of its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),and Weil continued as Minister-President.
Bernd Althusmann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President Stephan Weil from 2017 to 2022.
Olaf Lies is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.
The Minister-president is the head of state and government in thirteen of Germany's sixteen states.
Barbara Havliza is a German judge and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Justice in the government of Minister President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony since November 2017.
The 2022 Lower Saxony state election was held on 9 October 2022 to elect the 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) led by Minister-President Stephan Weil.
Birgit Honé is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Minister of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development in the state government of Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity,was also a member of the German Bundesrat.
Björn Thümler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister for Science and Culture for Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022. Thümler has been a part of the Landtag of Lower Saxony since 2003. As minister,he also was a member of the German Bundesrat from 2017 to 2022.
Boris Pistorius is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 19 January 2023.
Mareike Lotte Wulf is a German politician (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2021. From 2017 to 2021,she was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament.
Andreas Milan Gerhard Philippi is a German surgeon and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister of Social Affairs,Labour,Health and Equality in the government of Lower Saxony since 2023. He previously was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2021 to 2022.
Frauke Heiligenstadt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 26 October 2021. She was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 2003 to 2021,and Lower Saxony's Minister of Education from 2013 to 2017.
Julia Willie Hamburg is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens,serving as the Deputy Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the State Minister for Education and Culture. Before that she served as the leader of the party's group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
