Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin
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The Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin is the state parliament for the State of Berlin according to the constitution of Berlin. The parliament is based in the building which housed the Prussian Landtag. The current president of the parliament is Walter Momper.
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[edit] Election
The parliament of Berlin is chosen every five years in a general, free, secret and direct ballot. It consists of at least 130 representatives, 60% chosen directly in a constituency and 40% indirect from land or district lists. If a party wins more constituency seats than its overall share of the vote, the overall size of the Parliament increases because of these "overhang" mandates. Present distribution of seats after the elections of 2006
- SPD 53 seats
- CDU 37 seats
- left-wing party 23 seats
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 23 seats
- FDP 13 seats
[edit] Functions
The consideration and passing of legislation is the most important task. In addition, the parliament chooses the Ruling Mayor of Berlin, and checks the government, Berlin senate .
[edit] Presidents
- Dr. Otto Suhr, SPD, (January 11th, 1951 -- January 11th, 1955 )
- Willy Brandt, SPD, (January 11th, 1955 -- October 2nd, 1957 )
- Kurt Landsberg, SPD, (October 19th, 1957 -- March 4th, 1958 )
- Willy Henneberg, SPD, (March 20th, 1958 -- September 17th, 1961 )
- Otto Friedrich Bach, SPD, (September 29th, 1961 -- April 6th, 1967 )
- Walter Sickert, SPD, (April 6th 1967 -- April 24th 1975)
- Peter Lorenz, CDU, (April 24th, 1975 -- December 10th, 1980 )
- Heinrich Lummer, CDU, (December 10th, 1980 -- June 11th, 1981 )
- Peter Rebsch, CDU, (June 11th, 1981 -- March 2nd, 1989 )
- Jürgen Wohlrabe, CDU, (March 2nd, 1989 -- January 11th, 1991 )
- Dr. Hanna-Renate Laurien, CDU (January 11th, 1991 -- November 30th, 1995 )
- Prof. Dr. Herwig Haase, CDU (November 30th, 1995 -- November 18th, 1999 )
- Reinhard Führer, CDU, (November 18th, 1999 -- November 29th, 2001 )
- Walter Momper, SPD, (since November 29th, 2001)
[edit] External links
- [ http://www.abgeordnetenhaus.de/ official web page of the parliament of Berlin ]
