19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | ||||
Jurisdiction | Berlin | ||||
Meeting place | Preußischer Landtag building, Berlin | ||||
Term | 4 November 2021 – 15 March 2023 | ||||
Election | 26 September 2021 | ||||
Members | 147 | ||||
President | Dennis Buchner (SPD) |
This is a list of members who sat in the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, the state parliament of Berlin, between 2021 and 2023. These members were elected in the 26 September 2021 state election, and the Abgeordnetenhaus was constituted in its first session on 4 November 2021. [1] Due to irregularities in the election, on 16 November 2022 the results were voided by the Berlin Constitutional Court and new elections ordered. This did not reset the legislative term, meaning the members elected in the 2023 Berlin repeat state election also sit as members of the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus. [2]
The Abgeordnetenhaus had 147 members, 17 seats larger than its minimum size of 130. It comprised 36 members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), 32 members of Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE), 30 members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), 24 members of The Left (LINKE), 13 members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), and 12 members of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). [3]
The President of the Abgeordnetenhaus was Dennis Buchner (SPD). [4] The Vice Presidents were Bahar Haghanipour (GRÜNE) and Cornelia Seibeld (CDU). [5]
President | Party | Ballot | Term | ||
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President | Dennis Buchner | SPD | 120 / 146 | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | |
Vice President | Bahar Haghanipour | GRÜNE | 117 / 146 | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | |
Cornelia Seibeld | CDU | 130 / 145 | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
Source: Abgeordnetenhaus |
Group | Members | Chairperson(s) | ||||
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At election | At dissolution | |||||
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 36 / 147 | 36 / 147 | Raed Saleh | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) | 32 / 147 | 32 / 147 | Silke Gebel Antje Kapek | 4 Nov. 2021 – 15 Mar. 2022 | ||
Silke Gebel Werner Graf | 15 Mar. 2022 – dissolution | |||||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 30 / 147 | 30 / 147 | Kai Wegner | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
The Left (LINKE) | 24 / 147 | 24 / 147 | Anne Helm Carsten Schatz | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 13 / 147 | 13 / 147 | Kristin Brinker | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 12 / 147 | 12 / 147 | Sebastian Czaja | 4 Nov. 2021 – dissolution | ||
Source: Abgeordnetenhaus |
Image | Name | Birth year | Party | Constituency | Vote % | List # | Date of departure | Notes | Ref. | |
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Stefanie Fuchs | 1975 | LINKE | State list | 15th | 30 November 2022 | Resigned Replaced by Franziska Leschewitz | [153] | |||
Bettina Jarasch | 1968 | GRÜNE | State list | 1st | 31 December 2021 | Resigned after joining the Giffey senate Replaced by Stefan Taschner | [154] | |||
Sebastian Scheel | 1975 | LINKE | State list | 4th | 14 December 2021 | Resigned Replaced by Alexander King | [155] | |||
Tino Schopf | 1974 | SPD | Pankow 9 | 27.4% | 23 December 2021 | Resigned after joining the Giffey senate Replaced by Torsten Schneider | [156] | |||
Daniel Wesener | 1975 | GRÜNE | State list | 4th | 3 January 2022 | Resigned after joining the Giffey senate Replaced by Catrin Wahlen | [157] |
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