Petra Pau is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006,she has also served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag,being the first member of her party to hold this office. Pau belongs to the reform-oriented wing of her party,actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.
Federal elections were held in West Germany on 14 August 1949 to elect the members of the first Bundestag,with a further eight seats elected in West Berlin between 1949 and January 1952 and another eleven between February 1952 and 1953. They were the first free federal elections in West Germany since 1933 and the first after the division of the country.
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).
Bodo Ramelow is a German politician who has served since 4 March 2020 as Minister-President of Thuringia,an office he previously held from 2014 to 5 February 2020. He is the first head of a German state government to serve non-consecutive terms in office since Eberhard Diepgen,who served twice as Governing Mayor of Berlin. A member of The Left,he previously chaired the party's group in the Landtag of Thuringia. On 8 October 2021,he was elected to a one-year term as President of the Bundesrat. His term lasted from 1 November 2021 until 31 October 2022.
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.
Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf is an electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system,it is designated as constituency 85. It is located in eastern Berlin,comprising the Marzahn-Hellersdorf borough.
Frank Henkel is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a Mayor and Senator of the Interior and Sports of the German state of Berlin from 2011 until 2016.
Karl-Georg Wellmann is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2001 to 2005,he was member of the Abgeordnetenhaus,the state parliament of Berlin. Between 2005 and 2017,he was an MP of the German Bundestag.
Kristian Ronneburg is a German politician,currently serving as Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 22 October 2016 representing the Marzahn-Hellersdorf 6 constituency for The Left.
The 1990 Berlin state election was held on 2 December 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. This was the first election held in Berlin after the reunification of Germany and Berlin,and was held on the same day as the 1990 federal election.
The next election to the Landtag of Thuringia is scheduled for 1 September 2024.
The 2020 Thuringian government crisis,also known as the Thuringia crisis,was triggered by the election of Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) as Thuringian Minister President with votes from the AfD,CDU and FDP on February 5,2020. The election attracted considerable national and international attention because,for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany,a Minister President was elected with votes from a far-right populist party,in this case the AfD.
The 2021 Berlin state election,ruled invalid in 2022 and repeated in 2023,was held on 26 September 2021,on the same day as the 2021 German federal election,which also had to be repeated in parts of Berlin due to irregularities. Thus,the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin was elected twice.
Mario Czaja is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections.
Antje Kapek is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. From 2012 to 2022,she was co-chair of the Greens parliamentary group in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. She was co-lead candidate in the 2016 Berlin state election alongside Ramona Pop,Bettina Jarasch,and Daniel Wesener.
Iris Spranger is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as Senator for Interior,Digitalisation and Sport in the Berlin state government since December 2021. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2011,and previously served from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2011 she was State Secretary in the state Finance Department.
The 2023 Berlin repeat state election was held on 12 February 2023 to once again elect the 19th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin as the 2021 Berlin state election held on 26 September 2021 was declared invalid due to irregularities. Also affected were parts of the 2021 German federal election in Berlin,these were repeated on 11 February 2024.
Stefan Evers is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister (Senator) of Finance in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner since 2023. He has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since September 2011. During this time,he served as the managing director of the CDU parliamentary group from 2018 to 2023. Additionally,from December 2016 to September 2023,he held the role of Secretary General of the CDU Berlin. As of September 2023,he has assumed the position of Deputy State Chairman of Berlin.
Katharina Günther-Wünsch is a German politician. She is a member of the CDU. Since April 2023,she has been serving as the Senator for Education,Youth,and Family of the State of Berlin in the Wegner Senate and,as of May 5,2023,has been the President of the Conference of Ministers of Education.
