Klaus Wowereit is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes,29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections;after the 2011 elections the SPD's coalition partner changed from the Left to the Christian Democratic Union. He was also sometimes mentioned as a possible SPD candidate for the Chancellorship of Germany (Kanzlerkandidatur),but that never materialized.
The 2001 Berlin state election was held on 21 October 2001 to elect the members of the 15th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Prior to the election,Mayor Klaus Wowereit had led a minority government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens since June,which had replaced a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD which collapsed in June. The SPD–Green government made gains,but remained short of a majority. The SPD first sought to form a traffic light coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens,but were unsuccessful. They subsequently agreed to a government with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).
Heinrich Albertz was a German Protestant theologian,priest and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Governing Mayor of Berlin from 1966 to 1967.
Eberhard Diepgen is a German lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of West Berlin from 1984 to 1989 and again as Mayor of (united) Berlin,from 1991 until 2001,as member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Louise Dorothea Schroeder was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party. She was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assembly,the Constituent Assembly of the Weimar Republic and subsequently remained a member of the Reichstag until 1933. An educator and activist central in the Arbeiterwohlfahrt movement,and she was under scrutiny of the Nazi Party during the 1930s and 1940s for her socialist positions. After the partition of Germany following World War II,she served as governing mayor of West Berlin in 1948. Until Franziska Giffey was sworn in in 2021,she was the only woman to have served as Mayor of Berlin.
Klaus Schütz was a German politician,who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1967 to 1977,as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Dietrich Stobbe was a German politician who served as the Mayor of West Berlin from 1977 to 1981,as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Stobbe also served as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 1978 to 31 October 1979.
The 2011 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011 to elect the members of the 17th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left lost its majority.
Rainer Michael Müller is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Governing Mayor of Berlin since 2014 and as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections,representing the Berlin Charlottenburg –Wilmersdorf district.
Klaus Lederer is a German politician of The Left who is servnig as Deputy Mayor and Senator for Culture and Europe in the Berlin state government since December 2016. He is also a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2001. He previously served as chairman of the Berlin branch of The Left from 2006 to 2016. He was lead candidate for his party in the 2016 and 2021 state elections.
Katrin Lompscher is a German civil engineer and politician who served as Senator for Urban Development and Housing in Berlin in the Senate of Governing Mayor Michael Müller from 2016 to 2020. A member of The Left,she previously served as Senator for Health,Environment and Consumer Protection from 2006 to 2011 in the third Senate of Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit,and as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2011 until her resignation in 2017.
Franziska Giffey is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Governing Mayor of Berlin since December 2021. She is the first woman elected to the position of Mayor of Berlin. She previously served as Minister for Family Affairs,Senior Citizens,Women and Youth in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 until 2021. From 2015 to 2018,she was the mayor of the borough of Neukölln in Berlin.
Dilek Kalayci is a Turkish-German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister for Health,Care and Equality (2016–2021) and as Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin and State Minister for Labour,Integration and Women (2014–2016) in the government of Mayor Michael Müller.
The second Müller senate was the state government of Berlin between 2016 and 2021,sworn in on 8 December 2016 after Michael Müller was elected as Governing Mayor by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It was the 27th senate of Berlin.
The 2021 Berlin state election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),The Left,and The Greens led by Governing Mayor Michael Müller. Müller did not run for re-election as Mayor,and former federal minister Franziska Giffey led the SPD in the election. The Berlin exproporiation referendum was held on the same day.
Bettina Jarasch is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Deputy Mayor and Senator for Environment,Mobility,Consumer and Climate Protection in the Berlin state government since December 2021. She was previously a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2016 to 2022,and leader of the Berlin branch of the Greens from 2011 to 2016. She was the Greens' lead candidate for the 2021 Berlin state election.
The Giffey senate is the current state government of Berlin,sworn in on 21 December 2021 after Franziska Giffey was elected as Governing Mayor of Berlin by the members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. It is the 28th Senate of Berlin.
Daniel Wesener is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He is serving as Senator for Finance in the Berlin state government since December 2021. He was previously state chairman of the Greens from 2011 to 2017,and a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2016 to 2022.
Dirk Behrendt is a German lawyer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as Senator for Justice,Consumer Protection and Anti-Discrimination in the Berlin state government from 2016 to 2021,and as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2006 to 2016. Prior to this,he was a judge in Berlin and served as spokesman of the Berlin–Brandenburg Judges Association.
Astrid-Sabine Busse is a German educator and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who is serving as Senator for Education,Youth and Family in the Berlin state government since December 2021. Prior,she was chaired the Association of Berlin School Boards from 2015 to 2021.
