SPD North Rhine-Westphalia
| Chair | Logo |
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 (Michael Groschek) |
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| Basis data | |
| Established: | December 15, 1970 |
| Place of establishment: | Dortmund |
| Chair: | Michael Groschek |
| Vice chairmen: | Britta Altenkamp Marc Herter Elvan Korkmaz Jochen Ott |
| Secretary general: | Svenja Schulze |
| Members: | 136,840 (31 December 2009) |
| Website: | www |
SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 136,840 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The chairman is Michael Groschek and the secretary general is Svenja Schulze.[1]
It is the second-biggest party of the state.
History
| Minister-President of State North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||||||
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| Name | Living/Lived | begin | end | picture | ||||
| Fritz Steinhoff | 1897–1969 | 1956 | 1958 | 
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| Heinz Kühn | 1912–1992 | 1966 | 1978 | 
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| Johannes Rau | 1931–2006 | 1978 | 1998 | 
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| Wolfgang Clement | * 1940 | 1998 | 2002 | 
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| Peer Steinbrück | * 1947 | 2002 | 2005 | 
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| Hannelore Kraft | * 1961 | 14 July 2010 | 2017 | 
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Structure
Regional organizations of SPD state group:
- Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia)
- Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine)
- Region Mittelrhein and (Central Rhine)
- Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe)
The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (including approx 1,400 Ortsvereine).
Chairheads
| Years | Head |
| 1970–1973 | Heinz Kühn |
| 1973–1977 | Werner Figgen |
| 1977–1998 | Johannes Rau |
| 1998–2002 | Franz Müntefering |
| 2002–2005 | Harald Schartau |
| 2005–2007 | Jochen Dieckmann |
| 2007–2017 | Hannelore Kraft |
| 2017– | Michael Groschek |