Saarland is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) and population of 990,509 in 2018,it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin,Bremen,and Hamburg,and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city;other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east;it also shares a small border about 8 kilometres long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest.
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career,she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of 25 doubles titles.
Peter Aloysius Müller is a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 1999 to 2011,he has held the position of Premier (Ministerpräsident) of the state of Saarland,serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2008/09. In December 2011,Müller was elected as judge of German Bundesverfassungsgericht.
Reinhard Klimmt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). From 1998 to 1999,he was Minister President of Saarland,and 1999–2000,Federal Minister of Transport,Building and Urban Affairs.
The Landtag of the Saarland is the state diet of the German federal state of Saarland. It convenes in Saarbrücken and currently consists of 51 members of five parties. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is the largest party in the Landtag with 29 seats,an absolute majority that allows the party to govern without a coalition. The 2022 elections marked the first time that the SPD had won the state in 20 years.
The Pirate Party Germany,commonly known as Pirates,is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the information society;it is part of the international movement of pirate parties and a member of the Pirate Parties International.
Nadine Schön is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2009,representing the constituency of St. Wendel.
The 2012 Saarland state election was held in on 25 March 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The election was triggered by the collapse of the previous coalition government comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer,Free Democratic Party (FDP),and The Greens. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD),and Kramp-Karrenbauer was re-elected as Minister-President.
Jasmin Freigang is a German politician who was a member of the Saarland regional parliament from 2012 to 2017,representing the Pirate Party.
Christoph Georg Hartmann is a German politician who is a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). From November 2009 until January 2012,he was the secretary to the Minister-president of Saarland and the Saarland Minister for Economy and Science.
Simone Peter is a German Alliance 90/The Greens politician. Between 2013 and 2018,she co-chaired the party along with Cem Özdemir.
The 2017 Saarland state election was held on 26 March 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was returned with an increased majority.
The 2022 Saarland state election was held on 27 March 2022 to elect the 17th Landtag of Saarland. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Tobias Hans.
Anke Gabriele Rehlinger is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the minister-president of Saarland since 25 April 2022. After her party won the 2022 state elections in Saarland,she became the second female minister-president after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the first from her party. She was previously the deputy minister president of Saarland from 17 December 2013 until her election by the State Parliament of Saarland as minister-president in 2022.
Tobias Theodor Hans is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister-President of Saarland from 2018 to 2022.
Marc Daniel Johannes Speicher is a German politician and a member of the Landtag of Saarland.
Albert Baldauf was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Barbara Spaniol is a German politician of The Left who was a member of the Landtag of Saarland from 2004 to 2022. Starting her career in The Greens,she joined The Left in 2007. From 2013 to 2021 she was one of the vice presidents of the Landtag. She served as The Left's lead candidate during the 2022 Saarland state election.
Esra-Leon Limbacher is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. He has been the SME representative and deputy economic policy spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group since 2022. Previously,he was a member of the Saarland state parliament Landtag of Saarland until November 2021.
Emily Vontz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag from Saarland since January 2023. She is the youngest member of the Bundestag and the first German MP to be born in the 2000s.
