The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state parliament (Landtag) of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia,which convenes in the state capital of Düsseldorf,in the eastern part of the district of Hafen. The parliament is the central legislative body in the political system of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to passing of laws,its most important tasks are the election of the Minister-President of the state and the administration of the government. The current government is a coalition of the CDU and the Greens,supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Hendrik Wüst since June 2022.
Oliver Krischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister for Environment,Nature Protection,and Transport in the government of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst since 2022.
Rüdiger Sagel is a German politician currently with the Left Party and previously with the Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1998 until 2012 he was a member of the state parliament (Landtag) for North Rhine-Westphalia. On 30 June 2012 he and Gunhild Böth were elected in Münster as state spokespersons for the Left in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Katja Dörner is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as mayor of Bonn since 2020. From 2009 until 2020,she was a member of the Bundestag.
Irene Mihalic is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens from Gelsenkirchen. A former police officer,Mihailic has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013.
Maria Anna Klein-Schmeink is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.
Sven Lehmann is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
The 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 15 May 2022 to elect the 18th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Hendrik Wüst.
Nyke Slawik is a German politician and member of the Bundestag representing the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Alliance 90/The Greens list. Upon her election in the 2021 German federal election,Slawik and fellow politician Tessa Ganserer together became the first openly transgender people elected to the German parliament.
Serap Güler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2021,representing the Leverkusen –Cologne IV district.
Felix Banaszak is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election.
Robin Till Nils Johannes Wagener is a German judge and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election,representing the Lippe I district.
Ophelia Johanna Nick is a German veterinarian and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 national elections,representing the Mettmann II district.
Mona Neubaur is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia and also as State Minister for Economics,Industry,Climate Protection and Energy in the second cabinet of Minister-President Hendrik Wüst since 29 June 2022. She was previously the leader of her party in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bodo Löttgen is a German police officer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has served as a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2005 to 2012 and again since 2017. He has been chairing his party’s parliamentary group since 2017.
The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia,also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister,is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The position was created in 1946,when the British administration merged the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of the state of Lippe.
The second Wüst cabinet is the current state government of North Rhine-Westphalia,sworn in on 29 June 2022 after Hendrik Wüst was elected as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia by the members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the 26th Cabinet of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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.
Kaya Kinkel is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Hesse State Parliament since 2017.
Karin Mueller is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Hesse State Parliament since 2009. She has been Vice President there since 2019.
