The South Schleswig Voters' Association is a regionalist political party in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The party represents the Danish and Frisian minorities of the state.
Karl-Josef Laumann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since 2017,he has been the State Minister of Labor,Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia,an office he previously held between 2005 and 2010.
Ralf Stegner is a political scientist and a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Pinneberg since the 2021 elections.
The 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 6 May 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party (FDP) was defeated. Though the CDU remained the largest party,the Social Democratic Party (SPD) negotiated a coalition with The Greens and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). This was dubbed the "Danish traffic light" or "Namibia coalition". SPD leader Torsten Albig was subsequently elected Minister-President by the Landtag.
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 the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 –2017,which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office. She was the second female President of the Bundesrat and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany.
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.
Nicola Beer is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019,and as one of its Vice-Presidents.
Joachim Herrmann is a German politician. He is a member of the CSU party. Herrmann is an MP in the Landtag,the parliament of Bavaria since 1994. Since 16 October 2007 he has been Minister of the Interior of the state of Bavaria.
Daniel Günther is a German politician who is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Since 28 June 2017,he has served as the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019,he served as President of the Bundesrat,being succeeded by Dietmar Woidke.
Monika Heinold is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and current Schleswig-Holstein Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Finance.
Melanie Leonhard is a German historian and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the Government of Hamburg since 2022. She previously was the State Minister of Labor,Social Affairs,Family and Integration under mayors Olaf Scholz and Peter Tschentscher from 2015 to 2022. Since March 2018 has been the chair of the SPD Hamburg.
Karin Prien is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Education,Science and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein in the government of Minister-President Daniel Günther since 28 June 2017. She was previously a member of the Hamburg Parliament.
Gyde Jensen is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.
Falko Mohrs is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Science and Culture in the government of Lower Saxony since 2022. He previously was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022.
Aminata Touré is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens,the German green party,mainly active in Schleswig-Holstein state politics. She was elected on 29 June 2017,at the age of 25,to the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein and served as vice-president of the Landtag until 2022. Since 29 June 2022,she has been serving as Minister of Social Affairs,Youth,Family,Senior Citizens,Integration and Equality of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
The 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 8 May 2022 to elect the 20th Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),The Greens,and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),led by Minister-President Daniel Günther.
Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014. Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education,Research and Culture since 2001. She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections. She is also a member of the German Bundesrat for Rhineland-Palatinate.
Britta Ernst is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who has served as Education Minister of Brandenburg since 2017. She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1997 to 2011,served as School Minister of Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2017,and as president of the Kultusministerkonferenz in 2021. She is the wife of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Bernd Klaus Buchholz is a German politician and lawyer. He served as Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Economic Affairs,Transport,Employment,Technology and Tourism.
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