This is a list of the members of the Lower Saxon Landtag in the period 2008 to 2013. [1] This is the sixteenth period. The members were elected in the election of 27 January 2008.
A total of 152 representatives were elected, distributed as follows:
Out of these representatives, the second cabinet Wulff was formed.
| Name | Party | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Adasch | Christian Democratic | |
| Hans-Henning Adler | The Left | |
| Johann-Heinrich Ahlers | Christian Democratic | |
| Heinrich Aller | Social Democratic | |
| Bernd Althusmann | Christian Democratic | |
| Gabriele Andretta | Social Democratic | |
| Klaus-Peter Bachmann | Social Democratic | |
| Heiner Bartling | Social Democratic | |
| Martin Bäumer | Christian Democratic | |
| Karin Bertholdes-Sandrock | Christian Democratic | |
| Hans-Christian Biallas | Christian Democratic | |
| Uwe Biester | Christian Democratic | |
| Stefan Birkner | Free Democratic | Left on 27 February 2008, was replaced by Christian Grascha |
| Karl-Heinz Bley | Christian Democratic | |
| Jörg Bode | Free Democratic | |
| Norbert Böhlke | Christian Democratic | |
| Ralf Borngräber | Social Democratic | |
| Marcus Bosse | Social Democratic | |
| Axel Brammer | Social Democratic | |
| Hennig Brandes | Christian Democratic | |
| Ralf Briese | Greens | |
| Markus Brinkmann | Social Democratic | |
| Emil Brockstedt | Christian Democratic | |
| Marco Brunotte | Social Democratic | |
| Bernd Busemann | Christian Democratic | Member of the cabinet McAllister |
| Reinhold Coenen | Christian Democratic | |
| Helmut Dammann-Tamke | Christian Democratic | |
| Karl-Ludwig von Danwitz | Christian Democratic | |
| Hans-Joachim Deneke-Jöhrens | Christian Democratic | |
| Otto Deppmeyer | Christian Democratic | |
| Hermann Dinkla | Christian Democratic | President of the Parliament (German : Landtagspräsident) |
| Christoph Dreyer | Christian Democratic | |
| Christian Dürr | Free Democratic | |
| Hans-Heinrich Ehlen | Christian Democratic | Member of the cabinet McAllister |
| Petra Emmerich-Kopatsch | Social Democratic | |
| Ursula Ernst | Christian Democratic | |
| Kreszentia Flauger | The Left | |
| Ansgar-Bernhard Focke | Christian Democratic | |
| Björn Försterling | Free Democratic | |
| Renate Geuter | Social Democratic | |
| Ulla Groskurt | Social Democratic | |
| Rudolf Götz | Christian Democratic | |
| Hans-Dieter Haase | Social Democratic | |
| Enno Hagenah | Greens | |
| Swantje Hartmann | Social Democratic | |
| Karl Heinz Hausmann | Social Democratic | |
| Wilhelm Heidemann | Christian Democratic | |
| Frauke Heiligenstadt | Social Democratic | |
| Karsten Heineking | Christian Democratic | |
| Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic | Greens | |
| Ursula Helmhold | Greens | |
| Kurt Herzog | The Left | |
| Bernd-Carsten Hiebing | Christian Democratic | |
| Reinhold Hilbers | Christian Democratic | |
| Jörg Hillmer | Christian Democratic | |
| Wilhelm Hogrefe | Christian Democratic | |
| Ernst-August Hoppenbrock | Christian Democratic | |
| Patrick Humke-Focks | The Left | |
| Carsten Höttcher | Christian Democratic | |
| Angelika Jahns | Christian Democratic | |
| Wolfgang Jüttner | Social Democratic | |
| Karl-Heinz Klare | Christian Democratic | |
| Hans-Jürgen Klein | Greens | |
| Stefan Klein | Social Democratic | |
| Ingrid Klopp | Christian Democratic | |
| Lothar Koch | Christian Democratic | |
| Gabriela König | Free Democratic | |
| Marianne König | The Left | |
| Gabriela Kohlenberg | Christian Democratic | |
| Gisela Konrath | Christian Democratic | |
| Ina Korter | Greens | |
| Ursula Körtner | Christian Democratic | |
| Daniela Krause-Behrens | Social Democratic | |
| Jürgen Krogmann | Social Democratic | |
| Klaus Krumfuß | Christian Democratic | |
| Clemens Lammerskitten | Christian Democratic | |
| Karl-Heinrich Langspecht | Christian Democratic | |
| Silke Lesemann | Social Democratic | |
| Sigrid Leuschner | Social Democratic | |
| Olaf Lies | Social Democratic | |
| Helge Limburg | Greens | |
| Editha Lorberg | Christian Democratic | |
| Clemens große Macke | Christian Democratic | |
| Max Matthiesen | Christian Democratic | |
| David McAllister | Christian Democratic | Minister-President (German : Ministerpräsident) |
| Gesine Meißner | Free Democratic | |
| Christian Meyer | Greens | |
| Rolf Meyer | Social Democratic | |
| Anette Meyer zu Strohen | Christian Democratic | |
| Axel Miesner | Christian Democratic | |
| Frank Mindermann | Christian Democratic | |
| Johanne Modder | Social Democratic | |
| Matthias Möhle | Social Democratic | |
| Dieter Möhrmann | Social Democratic | |
| Hartmut Möllring | Christian Democratic | Member of the cabinet McAllister |
| Heidemarie Mundlos | Christian Democratic | |
| Jens Nacke | Christian Democratic | |
| Matthias Nerlich | Christian Democratic | |
| Frank Oesterhelweg | Christian Democratic | |
| Jan-Christoph Oetjen | Free Democratic | |
| Victor Perli | The Left | |
| Gudrun Pieper | Christian Democratic | |
| Filiz Polat | Greens | |
| Stefan Politze | Social Democratic | |
| Claus Peter Poppe | Social Democratic | |
| Dorothee Prüssner | Christian Democratic | |
| Sigrid Rakow | Social Democratic | |
| Christa Reichwaldt | The Left | |
| Klaus Rickert | Free Democratic | |
| Roland Riese | Free Democratic | |
| Heinz Rolfes | Christian Democratic | |
| Philipp Rösler | Free Democratic | resigned |
| Mechthild Ross-Luttmann | Christian Democratic | Member of the cabinet McAllister |
| Jutta Rübke | Social Democratic | |
| Hans-Heinrich Sander | Free Democratic | |
| Ronald Schminke | Social Democratic | |
| Klaus Schneck | Social Democratic | |
| Wittich Schobert | Christian Democratic | |
| Heiner Schönecke | Christian Democratic | |
| Stefan Schostok | Social Democratic | |
| Andrea Schröder-Ehlers | Social Democratic | |
| Uwe Schünemann | Christian Democratic | Member of the cabinet McAllister |
| Hans-Werner Schwarz | Free Democratic | |
| Uwe Schwarz | Social Democratic | |
| Kai Seefried | Christian Democratic | |
| Silva Seeler | Social Democratic | |
| Wiard Siebels | Social Democratic | |
| Stephan August Siemer | Christian Democratic | |
| Manfred Sohn | The Left | |
| Brigitte Somfleth | Social Democratic | |
| Miriam Staudte | Greens | |
| Karin Stief-Kreihe | Social Democratic | |
| Detlef Tanke | Social Democratic | |
| Ulf Thiele | Christian Democratic | |
| Björn Thümler | Christian Democratic | |
| Petra Tiemann | Social Democratic | |
| Sabine Tippelt | Social Democratic | |
| Dirk Toepffer | Christian Democratic | |
| Grant Hendrik Tonne | Social Democratic | |
| Elke Twesten | Greens | |
| Astrid Vockert | Christian Democratic | |
| Ulrich Watermann | Social Democratic | |
| Dörthe Weddige-Degenhard | Social Democratic | |
| Christel Wegner | Independent | Elected for The Left, but was expelled from that party on 18 February 2008. |
| Ursula Weisser-Roelle | The Left | |
| Stefan Wenzel | Greens | |
| André Wiese | Christian Democratic | |
| Gerd Ludwig Will | Social Democratic | |
| Wolfgang Wulf | Social Democratic | |
| Christian Wulff | Christian Democratic | resigned 11 June 2010 |
| Roland Zielke | Free Democratic | |
| Pia-Beate Zimmermann | The Left |
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