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.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf is the sixth borough of Berlin,formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf.
Christian Schwarz-Schilling is an Austrian-born German politician,entrepreneur,philanthropist and media and telecommunications innovator who served as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1 February 2006 until 30 June 2007 and as the 2nd European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina during the same period. He was born in Innsbruck,the son of the composer Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling and is married to the author Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling with whom he has two children.
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).
Hubertus Heil is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 14 March 2018.
Adolf Arndt was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and former member of the German Bundestag.
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.
Katina Schubert is a German politician who is serving as leader of the Berlin branch of The Left and member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2016. Since 2021,she has also been one of six deputy federal leaders of The Left.
Jan-Marco Luczak is a German lawyer and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2009,representing the Tempelhof-Schöneberg constituency.
Elmar Pieroth was a German politician (CDU). The businessman was a member of the Bundestag from 1969 until 1981. He was the senator for economic affairs in Berlin from 1981 until 1989 and from 1996 until 1998,as well as the Senator of Finance from 1991 until 1996.
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.
Katarina Barley is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019,serving as one of its Vice-Presidents. She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel. Prior to that,she had served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs,Senior Citizens,Women and Youth and,from 28 September 2017,as the acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs,both until 14 March 2018.
Burkhard Lischka is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2009 until 2019.
Kevin Kühnert is the General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections,representing Berlin Tempelhof –Schöneberg.
Kai Wegner is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag,the German federal parliament,from 2005 to 2021. In 2019,he became the chairman of the CDU in Berlin.
Christoph Meyer is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin since 2017.
Fritz Felgentreu is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin from 2013 to 2021. He has been the chairman of Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold since October 2021.
Mario Czaja is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) who has been serving as the party's Secretary General since 22 January 2022,under the leadership of Friedrich Merz. He is a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections. From 2006 until 2021,he was a member of the State Parliament of Berlin.
Karl Ludwig Alexander Schuke was a German organ builder. The son of the organ builder Alexander Schuke,he continued,together with his brother Hans-Joachim Schuke,to run their father's company in Potsdam until 1953,when he founded another organ building company,the Karl Schuke Berliner Orgelbauwerkstatt in West Berlin. They have built organs internationally in Korea,Australia and the U.S.
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.
