The South Schleswig Voters' Association is a regionalist political party in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The party represents the Danish and Frisian minorities of the state.
Ole von Beust is a former German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010,serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Christoph Ahlhaus.
The 2005 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 20 February 2005 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Heide Simonis was defeated. After a failed attempt to invest a minority SPD–Green government supported by the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW),the SPD agreed to join a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). CDU leader Peter Harry Carstensen was subsequently elected Minister-President.
Peter Harry Carstensen is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2005 to 2012 he was Minister President of the state of Schleswig-Holstein,serving as President of the Bundesrat in 2005/06.
The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens,supporting the cabinet of Minister President Daniel Günther.
Ralf Stegner is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Pinneberg since the 2021 elections.
The 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. It was held on the same day as the 2009 federal election and the 2009 Brandenburg state election.
The 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 6 May 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party (FDP) was defeated. Though the CDU remained the largest party,the Social Democratic Party (SPD) negotiated a coalition with The Greens and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). This was dubbed the "Danish traffic light" or "Namibia coalition". SPD leader Torsten Albig was subsequently elected Minister-President by the Landtag.
Anke Spoorendonk is a German politician from the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). From 12 June 2012,until 28 June 2017 she was the Minister of Justice,Culture and European Affairs in the state government of Schleswig-Holstein.
Wolfgang Kubicki is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) and member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 1992 and 2017 onwards. He has been vice chairman of the FDP in Germany since December 2013. Since 24 October 2017 he has served as Vice President of the Bundestag. From 1992 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2017 he served as chairman of the FDP-group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament.
Thomas Mirow is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2008 to 2012.
The 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent government was led by Minister-President Torsten Albig,and consisted of the Social Democratic Party (SPD),The Greens,and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). The government lost its majority in the election.
Ulf Kämpfer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as the Lord Mayor of Kiel since March 2014.
Daniel Günther is a German politician who is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Since 28 June 2017,he has served as the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019,he served as President of the Bundesrat,being succeeded by Dietmar Woidke.
Monika Heinold is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and current Schleswig-Holstein Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Finance.
Peter Tschentscher is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 28 March 2018 he has been the First Mayor of Hamburg. As First Mayor,he is head of the current government of the city-state. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament. From 2011 until 2018 he served as State Minister of Finance in the first and second governments of Olaf Scholz.
Karin Prien is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Education,Science and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein in the government of Minister-President Daniel Günther since 28 June 2017. She was previously a member of the Hamburg Parliament.
The 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 8 May 2022 to elect the 20th Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),The Greens,and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),led by Minister-President Daniel Günther.
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 majority 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 first Günther cabinet was the state government of Schleswig-Holstein from between 2017 and 2022,sworn in after Daniel Günther was elected as Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein by the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. It was the 26th Cabinet of Schleswig-Holstein.
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