The Bundestag is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus it is the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag.
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German politician who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became Chancellor he served as Minister President of Baden-Württemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Federal Council from 1962 to 1963. He was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1967 to 1971.
Fulda is a town in Hesse,Germany;it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). In 1990,the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
Peter Struck was the German Minister of Defence under chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 2002 to 2005. A lawyer,Struck was a member of the Social Democratic Party.
Erika Steinbach is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017.
Ronald Barnabas Schill is a former German judge,the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive and Pro DM/Schill. He served as the Senator of the Interior and Second Mayor in the government of Hamburg from 2001 to 2003.
Rainer Candidus Barzel was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 8th President of the Bundestag from 1983 to 1984.
Norbert Lammert is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 12th President of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017.
Norbert Geis is a German politician. He is a member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU).
Fritz Schenk was a German publicist,journalist and television anchorman. He became well known for the general public thanks to his participation in ZDF-Magazin.
Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag,as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter.
Alternative for Germany is a right-wing populist political party in Germany. AfD is known for its Euroskepticism,it also opposes immigration to Germany. The AfD's ideology is positioned on the radical right,a subset of the far-right,within the family of European political parties.
Eberhardt Alexander Gauland is a German politician,journalist and lawyer who has served as leader of the right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag since September 2017 and co-leader of the party from December 2017 to November 2019. He has been a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) since September 2017. Gauland was the party's co-founder and was its federal spokesman from 2017 to 2019 and the party leader for the state of Brandenburg from 2013 to 2017.
Marcus Pretzell is a German politician and was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany from 2016 to 2019. He was a member of the Alternative for Germany,part of the Europe of Nations and Freedom and was a member of The Blue Party.
An indirect presidential election was held in Germany on 13 February 2022 to elect the next president of Germany.
Tino Chrupalla is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party,and Member of the Bundestag since 2017. In November 2019,he was nominated by Alexander Gauland to replace him as co-chairman and later elected to the position. Since 2019,Chrupalla has served as chairman and lead spokesman for the AfD.
Christian Hirte is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the German Bundestag since 2008. Since 2020,he has been the chairman of CDU in Thuringia.
Martin Renner is a German politician of Alternative for Germany (AfD),previously of CDU. Martin Renner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
The Desiderius Erasmus Stiftung e.V. is a German political party foundation. It is politically associated with but independent of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The foundation's headquarters are located in Berlin. Its current chairwoman is the former Christian-democratic Member of Parliament Erika Steinbach.
Fulda 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 174. It is located in eastern Hesse,comprising the Fulda district and the southeastern part of the Vogelsbergkreis district.
