Wolfgang Böhmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from May 2002 to April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doctor.
Horst Lorenz Seehofer is a German politician who served as Minister for the Interior,Building and Community under Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. A member of the Christian Social Union (CSU),he served as the 18th minister-president of Bavaria from 2008 to 2018 and Leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 2008 to 2019.
Stanislaw Rudi Tillich is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 3rd Minister President of Saxony from 2008 to 2017. From 1 November 2015 until 31 October 2016,he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. Tillich is of Sorbian ethnicity and lives in Panschwitz-Kuckau (Pančicy-Kukow),which is 35 kilometres north-east of Dresden near Kamenz.
Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021,she served in various capacities in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Maria Böhmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Under the leadership of successive ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2013-2017) and Sigmar Gabriel (2017),she served as Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office,primarily responsible for cultural relations and education policy.
Volker Bouffier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany.
The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer retained its majority and continued in office. Böhmer retired at this election,and his successor Reiner Haseloff was elected as the new Minister-President after the coalition was confirmed.
Winfried Kretschmann is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. A member of the Alliance '90/Greens,he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany from 2012 to 2013. He is the first member of the Greens to serve in these offices. Identifying himself as a green conservative,Kretschmann has been associated with both culturally and economically liberal policies.
Lorenz Caffier is a German politician who served as chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Stephan Weil is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013,the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013,he was elected Minister President of Lower Saxony with the votes of SPD and Alliance '90/The Greens. From 1 November 2013 until 31 October 2014 he was President of the Bundesrat and ex officio deputy to the President of Germany. In November 2017,he was again elected Minister President with the votes of SPD and CDU.
Stephan Ernst Johann Mayer is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. In 2022,he briefly served as the Secretary General of the CSU,under the leadership of the party's chairman Markus Söder.
The 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff lost its majority. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted at 24.3%,with every other parliamentary party recording losses,particularly the SPD and The Left.
Peter Michael Tauber is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2021. From 16 December 2013 to 26 February 2018 he served as Secretary General of the CDU under the leadership of its chairwoman Angela Merkel.
Thomas Strobl is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Deputy Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2016.
Michael Kretschmer is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022,he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU,under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.
The 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 6 June 2021 to elect the 8th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The outgoing government was coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Social Democratic Party (SPD),and The Greens,led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff.
Carola Reimann is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister for Social Affairs,Health,and Equality in the cabinet of Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2021. She previously represented Braunschweig in the Bundestag from 2002 until 2017.
In Germany's federal electoral system,a single party or parliamentary group rarely wins an absolute majority of seats in the Bundestag,and thus coalition governments,rather than single-party governments,are the usually expected outcome of a German election. As German political parties are often associated with particular colors,coalitions are frequently given nicknames based on the colors included. Prominent political parties in Germany are the CDU/CSU (black),the SPD (red),the Greens (green),the Left,the AfD (blue),and the FDP (yellow).
The Third Haseloff cabinet is the current state government of Saxony-Anhalt,sworn in on 16 September 2021 after Reiner Haseloff was elected as Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt by the members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the 10th Cabinet of Saxony-Anhalt.
