CDU Baden-Württemberg

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Basis data
Established: January 15, 1971
Place of establishment: Stuttgart
Chair: Thomas Strobl
Honorary chairmen: Hans Filbinger †
Lothar Späth †
Vice chairmen: Thorsten Frei

Annette Widmann-Mauz
Treasurer:
Secretary general: Manuel Hagel
Executive director:
Members: 60,200 (2020)[1]
Website: www.cdu-bw.de

The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the political party with the most members in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the second largest state party (in German, Landespartei or Landesverband) of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany with almost 65,000 members. Its chairman is Thomas Strobl, who succeeded Stefan Mappus after the lost 2011 election.

Its predecessors were the (BCSV), the (CDP), and the .

The state party was founded in January 1971, when the state parties of CDU Nordbaden, Südbaden, Nordwürttemberg, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged into a single party. The first chairman was Hans Filbinger.

The CDU has been the governing party of Baden-Württemberg continuously from 1953 to 2011, the year Winfried Kretschmann of the Alliance '90/Greens won the regional state elections.[citation needed]

Election results and coalitions[]

CDU results in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg

The CDU Baden-Württemberg won absolute majorities in the 5 state elections between 1972 and 1988, and could govern the state alone. Otherwise the party cooperated with other parties. Until 1958, it cooperated with all parties represented in the parliament. The SPD withdrew from the cooperation in 1958. From 1964 CDU cooperated with FDP/DVP. In the elections of 1968, the SPD won 29% and the NPD won 10%. A grand coalition of CDU and SPD lasted from 1968 to 1972. A new grand coalition lasted from 1992 to 1996. Since 1996, the CDU is cooperating with the FDP.

Chairmen[]

Nord-Württemberg[]

Years Chairman
1946–1948 Josef Andre
1948–1958
1958–1971

Nord-Baden[]

Years Chairman
1945–1951
1951–1968
1970–1971 Gerhard Zeitel

Süd-Baden[]

Years Chairman
1946–1947
1948–1966
1966–1971 Hans Filbinger

Württemberg-Hohenzollern[]

Years Chairman
1946–1948
1948–1955 Gebhard Müller
1956–1971 Eduard Adorno

Baden-Württemberg[]

Years Chairman
1971–1979 Hans Filbinger
1979–1991 Lothar Späth
1991–2005 Erwin Teufel
2005–2009 Günther Oettinger
2009–2011 Stefan Mappus
2011– Thomas Strobl

Honorary chairmen[]

Years Chairmen
1979–2007 Hans Filbinger
1991–2016 Lothar Späth

Chairs of the parliamentary faction[]

Years Chairmen Years Chairmen
1952–1953 1953 Gebhard Müller
1953–1960 1960–1968
1968–1972 1972–1978 Lothar Späth
1978–1991 Erwin Teufel 1991–2005 Günther Oettinger
2005–2010 Stefan Mappus 2010–2015 Peter Hauk
2015–2016 Guido Wolf
2016–2021
Manuel Hagel 2021–

References[]

  1. ^ "CDU und SPD verlieren Mitglieder: Eintritte bei den Grünen". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 24 December 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

Literature[]

  • Weinacht, Paul-Ludwig (Hg.): Die CDU in Baden-Württemberg und ihre Geschichte. Mit einem Geleitwort von Hans Filbinger. Stuttgart 1978. (Schriften zur politischen Landeskunde Baden-Württembergs, 2)
  • Günther Buchstab, Klaus Gotto: Die Gründung der Union, München 1981, ISBN 3-7892-7164-0, Seite 88–91

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