List of members of the 6th Bundestag

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List of members of the 6th Bundestag
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Overview
Legislative body Bundestag
TermOctober 20, 1969 (1969-10-20) – December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
Election 1969 West German federal election
Government First Brandt cabinet

The 6th German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, was elected on 28 September 1969 and existed between 20 October 1969 and 13 December 1972. It held a total of 199 parliamentary sessions.

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On 21 October 1969 the Bundestag elected Willy Brandt (SPD) as federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany [lower-alpha 1] with 251(+14) [lower-alpha 2] yes votes , 235 (+8) [lower-alpha 2] no votes, 4 invalid votes and 5 abstentions on the first ballot.

Presidium of the Bundestag

William Born (FDP) served as Alterspräsident (Father of the House) and presided over the Konstituierende Sitzung  [ de ], the first parliamentary session, until Kai-Uwe von Hassel was elected as President of the Bundestag. [1] [2]

On 28 October 1969 Carlo Schmid, Herman Schmitt-Vockenhausen (both SPD), Richard Jeager (CDU) and Liselotte Funcke (FDP) were elected as vice presidents of the Bundestag in on ballot with a big majority. [3]

Kai-Uwe von Hassel was elected President of the Bundestag with 411 yes votes, 72 no votes and 34 abstentions on 20 October 1969. This corresponded to 79,5% of the vote. A better result than in his first election in February 1969 after the resignation of his predecessor Eugen Gerstenmaier. [4]

Composition of the Bundestag

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Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest party in the Bundestag the SPD and FDP formed a coalition government with Willy Brandt becoming the frist SPD Chancellor in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The CDU/CSU won 242 seats as well as eight non-voting delegates from West Berlin. The SDP increased their seat count to 224 as well as 13 non-voting delegates from West Berlin while the FDP barley remained in the Bundestag. They got 30 seats as well as one non-voting delegate from West Berlin. Due to changes in the parliamentary caucauses the SPD/FDP coalition lost their majority with resulted in a constructive vote of no confidence. However Willy Brandt remained in power due to the dissent of two members of the Bundestag. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Summary

This summary includes changes in the numbers of the three caucuses (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP):

TimeReason of changeCDU/CSUSPDFDPOthersTotal number
1969First meeting24222430496
9 October 1970 Erich Mende leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus24329
9 October 1970 Heinz Starke leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus24428
9 October 1970 Siegfried Zoglmann leaves the FDP caucus and becomes guest member of the CDU/CSU caucus24527
14 October 1971 Klaus-Peter Schulz leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated2231
19 October 1971 Klaus-Peter Schulz becomes a member of the CDU/CSU caucus2460
29 February 1972 Herbert Hupka leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated2221
2 March 1972 Franz Seume leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated2212
3 March 1972 Herbert Hupka becomes a member of the CDU/CSU caucus2471
17 March 1972 Franz Seume becomes a guest member of the CDU/CSU caucus248
23 April 1972 Wilhelm Helms leaves the FDP caucus and becomes unaffiliated261
5 May 1972 Wilhelm Helms becomes a guest member of the CDU/CSU caucus249
17 May 1972 Günther Müller leaves the SPD caucus and becomes unaffiliated2201
19 September 1972 Günther Müller becomes a member of the CDU/CSU caucus250

Members

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C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Although this was (and still is) the official name of the country. It was commonly referred to as West Germany
  2. 1 2 During the existence of West Germany the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin elected representitves to the Bundestag for West Berlin. But since they were prohibited by an international treaty to participate in Germanys legislative process, their votes were trivial.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kai-Uwe von Hassel". Geschichte der CDU (in German). 1913-04-20. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ↑ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag - Kai-Uwe von Hassel: Nüchternes Nordlicht". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ↑ "Transcript of the 5th session of the 6th German Bundestag" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Kai-Uwe von Hassel - Verteidigungsminister". www.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. ↑ tagesschau.de. "tagesschau.de". www.tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  6. ↑ Deutschland, Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum, Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik. "Gerade auf LeMO gesehen: LeMO Kapitel: Bundestagswahl 1969". www.hdg.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Bundestagswahl 1969 - Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  8. ↑ "Bundestagswahl 1969 - Geschichte der CDU Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V." Geschichte der CDU (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  9. ↑ Harder, Lydia. "Deutscher Bundestag - Machtwechsel und Vertrauensfrage (1969 bis 1972)". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  10. ↑ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (2022-04-27). "Misstrauensvotum 1972: Aufwallung für Willy Brandt". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  11. ↑ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag - Das Misstrauensvotum gegen Willy Brandt (1972)". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  12. ↑ "50 Jahre Misstrauensvotum gegen Willy Brandt". Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt Stiftung (in German). 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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