Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
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The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the state diet of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It convenes in Düsseldorf and currently consists of 187 members of four Parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Jürgen Rüttgers.
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[edit] Current Composition
After the elections of May 22, 2005, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:
| Party | Seats |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 89 |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 74 |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 12 |
| Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen) | 11 |
| Factionless (The Left) | 1 (see below) |
Elections are conducted according to the same form of party list proportional repesentation as in the federal system, but with only one vote used for both calculations - candidate and party list.
On June 15, 2007, Rüdiger Sagel left the Green faction. Since then, he's a factionless member of the Landtag. On October 23, he joined The Left[1].
[edit] Presidents of the Landtag
So far, the presidents of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia have been:
- 1946 Ernst Gnoß, SPD
- 1946 – 1947 Robert Lehr, CDU
- 1947 – 1958 Josef Gockeln, CDU
- 1959 – 1966 Wilhelm Johnen, CDU
- 1966 Josef Hermann Dufhues, CDU
- 1966 – 1970 John van Nes Ziegler, SPD
- 1970 – 1980 Wilhelm Lenz, CDU
- 1980 – 1985 John van Nes Ziegler, SPD
- 1985 – 1990 Karl Josef Denzer, SPD
- 1990 – 1995 Ingeborg Friebe, SPD
- 1995 – 2005 Ulrich Schmidt, SPD
- since 2005 Regina van Dinther, CDU
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Coordinates: 51°13′08″N 6°45′50″E / 51.219°N 6.764°E
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