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Johanne Modder (born 12 July 1960) is a German politician for the SPD and since 2013 parliamentary leader 'Fraktionsvorsitzende' for its party in the Landtag of Lower Saxony; federal state diet of Lower Saxony.
Modder was born 1960 in the Frisian village of Bunde and became member of the left-wing SPD in 1986. [1]
Modder became member of the lower-Saxonian parliament in Hanover in 2003. [2] Since 2013 it is Fraktionsvorsitzende (parliamentary leader) of the SPD in Lower-Saxony.
David James "Mac" McAllister is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He is the current Vice President of the European People's Party and he is also Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union. He was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2017.
Filiz Polat is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.
The Lower Saxon Landtag or the Parliament of Lower Saxony is the state diet of the German state of Lower Saxony. It convenes in Hanover and currently consists of 137 members consisting of five parties. Since 2017 the majority has been a coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil (SPD).
Christian Dürr is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017.
Dieter Möhrmann is a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and deputy speaker in the Lower Saxony State Parliament.
The 2013 Lower Saxony state election was held on 20 January 2013 to elect the members of the 17th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President David McAllister was defeated. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed a government with The Greens which held a slim, one-seat majority. Stephan Weil was subsequently elected Minister-President.
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.
Hans-Henning Adler is a German politician and member of the Left Party. From 2008 until 2013, he was a member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony, and since 2010 he has been a party leader of the Left.
Stefan Schostok is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and was Mayor of Hanover from 11 October 2013 until 26 May 2019. From 2008 to January 2013 he served as a member of the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly. During that time, he was elected chairman of the SPD group in the Lower Saxony Legislative Assembly (Landtag) in 2010, a position which he vacated in 2013.
Hans Mühlenfeld was a German politician and diplomat who served as the second Ambassador to Australia and Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Jürgen Krogmann is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 2008 to 2014, and since November 2014 has been the mayor of Oldenburg.
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.
Ulf Prange is a German lawyer and politician in the SPD and a member of Parliament in the state of Lower Saxony.
Olaf Lies is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.
Thomas Jurk is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony since 2013.
Rainer Spiering is a German politician. Born in Dissen, Lower Saxony, he represents the SPD. Rainer Spiering has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.
The 1990 Lower Saxony state election was held on 13 May 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Ernst Albrecht was defeated. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and SPD leader Gerhard Schröder was elected Minister-President.
Gabriele Andretta is a German politician for the populist Social Democratic Party (SPD) and since 2017 President of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.
Katja Pähle is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2016, she has served as chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. She has also been deputy leader of the party's state branch since 2015, and a member of the SPD federal executive since 2017. She is the party's lead candidate for the 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election.
The 2022 Lower Saxony state election will expectedly be held in Autumn of 2022 to elect the 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The current government is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Stephan Weil.
