Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
| Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen |
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| Type | Landtag |
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| President of the Landtag | Eckhard Uhlenberg, CDU since 13 July 2010 |
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| Members | 181 |
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| Political groups | CDU (67) SPD (67) Greens (23) FDP (13) Die Linke (11) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 9 May 2010 |
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| Landtag, Düsseldorf | |
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| www.landtag.nrw.de/ (English) | |
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 |
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| 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:
- 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
- 2005–2010 Regina van Dinther, CDU
- 2010 (acting) Edgar Moron, SPD
- 2010 – Eckhard Uhlenberg, CDU
[edit] See also
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 1995
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2005
- North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2010
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Coordinates: 51°13′08″N 6°45′50″E / 51.219°N 6.764°E
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