Rhineland-Palatinate is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein,Koblenz,Trier,Kaiserslautern,Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia,Saarland,Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by France,Luxembourg and Belgium.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been leading her party’s group in the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021. She is the first woman in this position.
Tobias Lindner is a German economist and politician of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen who has been serving as member of the Bundestag since 2011,as a list member for Rhineland-Palatinate. Since December 8,2021,he has been Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office.
Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 –2017,which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office. She was the second female President of the Bundesrat and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany.
Julia Klöckner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister of Food,Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. Since 2012,she has also been part of the CDU leadership.
The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was held on the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer was defeated. The SPD remained the largest party,and formed a "traffic light coalition" with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens. Dreyer was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
Eveline Lemke is former German politician and member of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 18 May 2011 until 18 May 2016,she was vice minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate and Minister for Economics,Climate Protection,Energy and Regional Planning. On 27 March 2011,she was elected into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the leading candidate for her party in the 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state elections along with The Greens faction leader in the Landtag,Daniel Köbler,after having been leader of the party since 2006. As vice minister Lemke represented the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in the German Bundesrat. As author and speaker in green technological issues and Circular Economy,she founded Thinking Circular in 2017. This thinktank is listed in the Sustainable Development Goals Help Desk,a platform by the United Nations since July 2018. She is also working as consultant together with Prof. Michael Braungart,chemist and inventor of the design philosophy Cradle-to-Cradle,Martin Lees and David Wortmann (DWR-Eco-Innovation-Alliance).
Angelika Glöckner is a German politician (SPD) and a member of the German Bundestag since 2014.
Jutta Paulus is a German politician Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and natural scientist,as well as former managing director of the laboratory LAUS GmbH in Kirrweiler/Pfalz. Since 2019,she is a Member of the European Parliament for Greens/EFA. Politico Europe magazine ranks Paulus among the most important politicians and policy makers in the European Union in the implementation of the European Green Deal.
Corinna Rüffer is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2013.
The 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election was held on 14 March 2021 to elect the 18th Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. The outgoing government was a "traffic light coalition" of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Democratic Party (FDP),and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer.
Daniela Schmitt is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as State Minister for Economics,Transport,Agriculture and Viticulture in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021. From 2013 until 2021,she was Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,Transport,Agriculture and Viticulture under minister Volker Wissing.
Anne Spiegel is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs,Senior Citizens,Women and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021;she announced her resignation on 11 April and was dismissed by the President on 25 April 2022.
Jessica Weller is a German politician (CDU). She has been a member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. She will no longer be a member of the Landtag elected in 2021 as of May 2021.
Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014. Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education,Research and Culture since 2001. She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections. She is also a member of the German Bundesrat for Rhineland-Palatinate.
Katrin Eder is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister for Climate Protection,Environment,Energy and Mobility in the government of Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer since 2021.
Stefanie Hubig is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Education in the government of Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer since 2016.
Misbah Khan is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. She was state chair of the Rhineland-Palatinate Green Party from November 2019 to March 2022.
