Presidium of the Bundestag
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The Presidium of the Bundestag is responsible for the routine administration of the Bundestag, including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.[1][2]
The president is elected by all members of the Bundestag during its first meeting; by tradition he almost always comes from the largest faction in the Bundestag. His administration ends with the end of the legislature, but he can be re-elected, as long as he is re-elected to the Bundestag.[3]
In 1994, it was decided that every faction in the Bundestag should be represented by a vice president.
1st Bundestag (1949−1953)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Erich Köhler Hermann Ehlers |
1949−1950 1950−1953 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid |
1949−1953 1949−1953 |
SPD FDP |
2nd Bundestag (1953−1957)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Hermann Ehlers Eugen Gerstenmaier |
1953−1954 1954−1957 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Ludwig Schneider Max Becker Ludwig Schneider |
1953−1957 1953−1957 1953−1956 1956−1957 1956−1957 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP FDP FVP/DP |
3rd Bundestag (1957−1961)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1957−1961 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Max Becker Thomas Dehler |
1957−1961 1957−1961 1960 1957−1960 1960−1961 1958−1960 |
SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP DVP/DP |
4th Bundestag (1961−1965)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1961−1965 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler |
1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965 |
SPD SPD CSU/CSU FDP |
5th Bundestag (1965-1969)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1965−1969 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Maria Probst Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler Walter Scheel |
1965−1966 1966−1969 1965−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969 |
SPD SPD SPD CSU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
6th Bundestag (1969−1972)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 1969−1972 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke |
1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
7th Bundestag (1972−1976)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Annemarie Renger | 1972−1976 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Kai-Uwe von Hassel Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke |
1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976 |
SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP |
8th Bundestag (1976−1980)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Karl Carstens Richard Stücklen |
1976−1979 1979−1980 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Georg Leber Richard Stücklen Richard von Weizsäcker Liselotte Funcke |
1976−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 |
SPD SPD SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
9th Bundestag (1980−1983)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Richard Stücklen | 1980−1983 | CSU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Georg Leber Richard von Weizsäcker Heinrich Windelen |
1980−1983 1980−1983 1980−1981 1981−1983 1980−1983 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP |
10th Bundestag (1983−1987)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Rainer Barzel Philipp Jenninger |
1983−1984 1984−1987 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1984 1984−1987 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
11th Bundestag (1987−1990)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Philipp Jenninger Rita Süssmuth |
1987−1988 1988−1990 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
12th Bundestag (1990−1994)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Rita Süssmuth | 1990−1994 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Helmut Becker Renate Schmidt Hans Klein Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
13th Bundestag (1994−1998)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Rita Süssmuth | 1994−1998 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hans-Ulrich Klose Hans Klein Burkhard Hirsch Antje Vollmer |
1994−1998 1994−1996 1997−1998 1994−1998 1995−1998 |
SPD CSU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens |
Hans Klein died on 26 November 1996. On 16 January 1997, Michaela Geiger was elected to the vacant post.
14th Bundestag (1998−2002)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Wolfgang Thierse | 1998−2002 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Anke Fuchs Rudolf Seiters Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer Petra Bläss |
1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens PDS |
15th Bundestag (2002−2005)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Wolfgang Thierse | 2002−2005 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Norbert Lammert Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer |
2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens |
16th Bundestag (2005−2009)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Norbert Lammert | 2005−2009 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Wolfgang Thierse Gerda Hasselfeldt Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Petra Pau |
2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2006−2009 |
SPD SPD CSU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens The Left |
17th Bundestag (2009−2013)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Norbert Lammert | 2009−2013 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Gerda Hasselfeldt Eduard Oswald Wolfgang Thierse Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Petra Pau |
2009−2011 2011−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD FDP Alliance 90/The Greens The Left |
18th Bundestag (2013−2017)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Norbert Lammert | 2013−2017 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Johannes Singhammer Edelgard Bulmahn Petra Pau Claudia Roth Peter Hintze Michaela Noll Ulla Schmidt |
2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2016 2017 2013−2017 |
CDU/CSU SPD The Left Alliance 90/The Greens CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD |
Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.[4]
19th Bundestag (2017–2021)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Wolfgang Schäuble | 2017–2021 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hans-Peter Friedrich Thomas Oppermann Dagmar Ziegler Wolfgang Kubicki Petra Pau Claudia Roth |
2017–2021 2017–2020 2020–2021 2017–2021 2017–2021 2017–2021 |
CDU/CSU SPD SPD FDP The Left Alliance 90/The Greens |
In the first session of the 19th Bundestag on 24 October 2017, the AfD-group nominated Albrecht Glaser as vice president. Glaser failed to secure a majority on the first and second ballot and a plurality on the third ballot. The AfD-group nominated other candidates in following sessions, of which no one was able to secure the necessary majority or plurality. Thus, the AfD's presidium-seat has remained vacant since. The SPD's Vice President Thomas Oppermann died on 25 October 2020, Dagmar Ziegler was elected to the vacant post.
20th Bundestag (2021–)[]
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Bärbel Bas | 2021– | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Aydan Özoğuz Yvonne Magwas Claudia Roth Katrin Göring-Eckardt Wolfgang Kubicki Petra Pau |
2021– 2021– 2021 2021– 2021– 2021– |
SPD CDU/CSU Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens FDP The Left |
Claudia Roth resigned her post as vice president on 8 December 2021 upon entering office as State Minister and Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Katrin Göring-Eckardt, who already served as vice president in the 16th and 17th Bundestag, was elected to the post one day later, on 9 December 2021.
References[]
- ^ "The Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Functions and duties of the President and Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Election of the Presidium". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Michaela Noll neue Vizepräsidentin im Bundestag". cdu.de (in German). CDU. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
External links[]
- Bundestag
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