Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type Landtag
Leadership
President of the Landtag Eckhard Uhlenberg, CDU
since 13 July 2010
Structure
Members 181
Sitzverteilung Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen 2010.svg
Political groups CDU (67)
SPD (67)
Greens (23)
FDP (13)
Die Linke (11)
Elections
Last election 9 May 2010
Meeting place
Duss Par from Tower.JPG
Landtag, Düsseldorf
Website
www.landtag.nrw.de/ (English)
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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 181 members of five Parties. The current parties of government are a minority coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen), supporting the cabinet of minister-president Hannelore Kraft.

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[edit] Current Composition

After the elections of May 9, 2010, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:

Party Seats
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 67
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 67
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 12
Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen) 23
The Left (Die Linke) 11

Elections are conducted according to the same form of proportional representation as in the federal system, but until 2010 only one vote was used for both calculations - candidate and party list. In 2010 they changed to the two-ballot model used in German federal elections.

[edit] Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia have been:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°13′08″N 6°45′50″E / 51.219°N 6.764°E / 51.219; 6.764


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