List of presidents of the Bundestag

The President of the Bundestag (Präsident des Deutschen Bundestages) presides over the sessions of the German parliament, the Bundestag. Since the introduction of the office in 1949, thirteen people held the office. President of the current 19th Bundestag is, since 24 October 2017, Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU).^[1]

List of[]

Political parties   CDU   SPD

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Erich Köhler (1892–1958)	7 September 1949	18 October 1950	345 days		Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
	Hermann Ehlers (1904–1954)	19 October 1950	29 October 1954	4 years, 10 days
	Eugen Gerstenmaier (1906–1986)	16 November 1954	31 January 1969	14 years, 76 days
	Kai-Uwe von Hassel (1913–1997)	5 February 1969	13 December 1972	3 years, 312 days
	Annemarie Renger (1919–2008)	13 December 1972	14 December 1976	4 years, 1 day		Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
	Karl Carstens (1914–1992)	14 December 1976	13 May 1979	2 years, 168 days		Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
	Richard Stücklen (1916–2002)	31 May 1979	29 March 1983	3 years, 302 days
	Rainer Barzel (1924–2006)	29 March 1983	25 October 1984	1 year, 210 days
	Philipp Jenninger (1932–2018)	5 November 1984	11 November 1988	4 years, 6 days
	Rita Süssmuth (1937–)	25 November 1988	26 October 1998	9 years, 335 days
	Wolfgang Thierse (1943–)	26 October 1998	18 October 2005	6 years, 357 days		Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
	Norbert Lammert (1948–)	18 October 2005	24 October 2017	12 years, 6 days		Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
	Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–)	24 October 2017	Incumbent	3 years, 323 days

Weblinks[]

• Official website

References[]

Web citiations

Books

• Feldkamp, Michael F. (2014). Der Bundestagspräsident. Amt – Funktion – Person. Munich: Olzog. ISBN 978-3957681430.