Bodo Ramelow is a German politician who has served since 4 March 2020 as Minister-President of Thuringia,an office he previously held from 2014 to 5 February 2020. He is the first head of a German state government to serve non-consecutive terms in office since Eberhard Diepgen,who served twice as Governing Mayor of Berlin. A member of The Left,he previously chaired the party's group in the Landtag of Thuringia. On 8 October 2021,he was elected to a one-year term as President of the Bundesrat. His term lasted from 1 November 2021 until 31 October 2022.
The Left,commonly referred to as the Left Party,is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice –The Electoral Alternative. Through the PDS,the party is the direct descendant of the Marxist–Leninist ruling party of former East Germany,the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Since October 2024,The Left's co-chairpersons have been Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken. The party holds 28 seats out of 736 in the Bundestag,the federal legislature of Germany,having won 4.9% of votes cast in the 2021 German federal election. Its parliamentary group is the second-smallest of seven in the Bundestag,and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Heidi Reichinnek and Sören Pellmann.
The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 88 members from five parties. According to the free state's constitution,the primary functions of the Landtag are to pass laws,elect the Minister-President and control the government of Thuringia.
The 2009 Thuringian state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2009 Saarland state election and the 2009 Saxony state election. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Dieter Althaus was defeated. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Althaus resigned after the election due to his party's poor performance,which was far below expectations. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Christine Lieberknecht,who was elected as the new Minister-President.
Gudrun Martha Lukin is a German politician and since 2009 a member of the Landtag of Thuringia representing The Left.
Ursula Fischer is a German former national politician (PDS).
Ina Leukefeld is a German politician for Die Linke and a member of the Regional Parliament of Thuringia.
Almuth Beck is a German former teacher and politician (SED/PDS).
Katja Wolf is a German politician. She was member of Landtag of Thuringia from 1999 to 2012 for The Left. Between 2012 and 2024,she served as the mayor of Eisenach in Thuringia. She switched in 2024 to the newly founded BSW,is state chairmen of BSW Thuringia,got elected in the 2024 Thuringian state election and will be the parliamentary group leader in the Thuringian state parliament.
Marion Walsmann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Martina Renner is a German politician of The Left who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013 and one of six deputy leaders of her party since 2018.
Susanne Hennig-Wellsow is a German politician. She was federal co-chairwoman of The Left from 2021 to 2022 and has served as a member of the Bundestag for Thuringia since 2021. Previously,she was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2004 to 2021,leader of the Thuringia branch of The Left since November 2013,and leader of the state parliamentary group since December 2014.
Erfurt I is an electoral constituency represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 24. It contains northern parts of Erfurt,the capital and largest city of Thuringia.
Erfurt IV is an electoral constituency represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 27. It contains southeastern parts of Erfurt,the capital and largest city of Thuringia.
Weimar II is an electoral constituency represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 32. It covers most of the city of Weimar.
Gera I is an electoral constituency represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 41. It covers the northern part of Gera.
Anja Siegesmund is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. Between 2014 and 2023,she served as Minister of the Environment in the state government of Thuringia in the coalition government of Bodo Ramelow. Until 31 January 2023,she was also Second Deputy Minister-President of Thuringia. From 2009 to 2014 she was leader of the Greens parliamentary group in the Landtag of Thuringia. She was a member of the Landtag from 2009 to 2015,then again from 2019 to 2020. In December 2022 she announced her imminent resignation from her political offices;on 1 February 2023 she was succeeded by Bernhard Stengele.
Erfurt –Weimar –Weimarer Land II 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 192. It is located in central Thuringia,comprising the cities of Erfurt and Weimar as well as the municipality of Grammetal from the Weimarer Land district.
Birgit Pommer is a German politician of The Left who has served as President of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2019 to 2024. She is the first member of her party to serve as speaker of any state parliament. Prior,she served as Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture in the first Ramelow cabinet.
Steffen Dittes is a German politician. He was a member of the Landtag of Thuringia from 1994 to 2004 and again between 2014 and 2024. From March 2021 to September 2024 he was chairman of his parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament.
