Petra Pau is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006,she has also served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag,being the first member of her party to hold this office. Pau belongs to the reform-oriented wing of her party,actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.
Berlin is divided into boroughs or districts for administration. The boroughs are further divided into neighborhoods which are officially recognised but have no administrative bodies of their own. Neighborhoods typically have strong identities that sometimes pre-date their inclusion into the modern boundaries of Berlin. These function differently to other subdivisions in Germany because of the dual status of Berlin as both a city and a federated state of Germany in its own right.
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.
The state flag of Berlin,Germany has three stripes of red-white-red,the two outer stripes each occupying a fifth of its height,the middle the remaining three-fifths. It is emblazoned with a bear on the civil flag,while it bears the coat of arms of Berlin on the state flag.
Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf 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 84. It is located in eastern Berlin,comprising the Marzahn-Hellersdorf borough.
Berlin is a city-state and the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Ralf Wieland is a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in Berlin. He was President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin until 2021.
Ramona Pop is a Romanian-born German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party who has been serving as chairwoman of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) since 2022. She previously served as a deputy mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy,Energy,and Enterprises from 2016 until 2021.
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.
Kristian Ronneburg is a German politician,currently serving as Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 22 October 2016 representing the Marzahn-Hellersdorf 6 constituency for The Left.
The 2021 Berlin state election,ruled invalid in 2022 and repeated in 2023,was held on 26 September 2021,on the same day as the 2021 German federal election,which also had to be repeated in parts of Berlin due to irregularities. Thus,the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin was elected twice.
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.
The Giffey senate was the state government of Berlin between 2021 and 2023,sworn in on 21 December 2021 after Franziska Giffey was elected as Governing Mayor of Berlin by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 28th Senate of Berlin.
Elke Breitenbach is a German politician of The Left who served as Senator for Integration,Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government from 2016 to 2021. She previously sat as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2003 to 2017.
Dirk Behrendt is a German lawyer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as Senator for Justice,Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination in the Berlin state government from 2016 to 2021,and as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2006 to 2016. Prior to this,he was a judge in Berlin and served as spokesman of the Berlin–Brandenburg Judges Association.
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.
Dennis Buchner is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who is serving as President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2021 to 2023. He has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus 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.
Katharina Günther-Wünsch is a German politician. She is a member of the CDU. Since April 2023,she has been serving as the Senator for Education,Youth,and Family of the State of Berlin in the Wegner Senate and,as of May 5,2023,has been the President of the Conference of Ministers of Education.
