Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Landtag building in Düsseldorf

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
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:

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


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