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The '''Presidium of the Bundestag''' is responsible for the routine administration of the [[Bundestag]], including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Presidium of the German Bundestag |url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/presidium/presidium-197668 |website=bundestag.de |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag | |
The '''Presidium of the Bundestag''' is responsible for the routine administration of the [[Bundestag]], including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Presidium of the German Bundestag |url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/presidium/presidium-197668 |website=bundestag.de |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Functions and duties of the President and Presidium of the German Bundestag |url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/presidium/function_neu |website=bundestag.de |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> |
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==Composition== |
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⚫ | The presidium is elected by the Bundestag during its first meeting after an election; by tradition, the largest [[fraction (politics)|faction]] in the Bundestag has the right to nominate a candidate for the post of president. On the first two ballots, a nominee needs a majority of all Bundestag members (''Chancellor majority'') in order to be elected; on the third ballot a plurality (more yes- than no-votes) is sufficient. His or her term ends with the end of the legislature, but they can be re-elected, as long as he or she is re-elected as member of the Bundestag.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of the Presidium |url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/presidium/election |website=bundestag.de |publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> |
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In 1994, it was decided that every faction in the Bundestag should be represented by a Vice President. |
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Besides the president, the presidium also consists of a varying number of vice presidents, who are also elected during the first session of each legislative period. Since 1994, the Bundestag's standing rules state that the minimum number of vice presidents has to equal the number of factions and give every faction the right to nominate one vice president. Nevertheless, like the president, each vice president has to be elected by a majority of the whole house on the first two or a plurality on the third ballot; this can result (and already has) in the outcome that the actual number of sitting vice presidents does not equal the number of factions, if a faction does not succeed in naming a candidate, who is acceptable to at least the necessary majority. The Bundestag may decide to elect additional vice presidents. For example, in the 18th Bundestag (2013–2017), which only consisted of four factions, the two biggest factions (CDU/CSU and SPD) were each entitled to nominate a second vice president, as a presidium of only five persons was considered too small to fulfill its tasks. |
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==1st Bundestag (1949−1953)== |
==1st Bundestag (1949−1953)== |
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Hans Klein died on 26 November 1996. On 16 January 1997, Michaela Geiger was elected to the vacant post. |
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==14th Bundestag (1998−2002)== |
==14th Bundestag (1998−2002)== |
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Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michaela Noll neue Vizepräsidentin im Bundestag |url=https://www.cdu.de/artikel/michaela-noll-neue-vizepraesidentin-im-bundestag |website=cdu.de |publisher=CDU | |
The CDU/CSU's second Vice President Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michaela Noll neue Vizepräsidentin im Bundestag |url=https://www.cdu.de/artikel/michaela-noll-neue-vizepraesidentin-im-bundestag |website=cdu.de |publisher=CDU |access-date=22 February 2020 |language=German |date=19 January 2017}}</ref> |
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==19th Bundestag ( |
==19th Bundestag (2017–2021)== |
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The SPD's Vice President Thomas Oppermann died on 25 October 2020, Dagmar Ziegler was elected to the vacant post. |
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In the first session of the 19th Bundestag on 24 October 2017, the [[Alternative for Germany|AfD]]-group nominated [[Albrecht Glaser]] as Vice President. Glaser failed to secure a majority on the first and second ballot and a plurality on the third ballot. The AfD-group nominated other candidates in following sessions, of which no one was able to secure the necessary majority or plurality. Thus, the AfD's presidium-seat has remained vacant since. The SPD's Vice President Thomas Oppermann died on 25 October 2020. |
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The [[Alternative for Germany|AfD]] was represented in the 19th Bundestag with group status and had the right to nominate a vice president. However, no proposed candidate achieved the necessary majority during the entire legislative period. |
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==20th Bundestag (2021–)== |
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|[[Aydan Özoğuz]]<br>[[Yvonne Magwas]]<br>[[Claudia Roth]]<br>[[Katrin Göring-Eckardt]]<br>[[Wolfgang Kubicki]]<br>[[Petra Pau]] |
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Claudia Roth resigned her post as vice president on 8 December 2021 upon entering office as State Minister and Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Katrin Göring-Eckardt, who already served as vice president in the 16th and 17th Bundestag, was elected to the post one day later, on 9 December 2021. |
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The AfD is represented in the 20th Bundestag with group status and has the right to nominate a vice president. However, as yet, no proposed candidate has achieved the necessary majority. |
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The Presidium of the Bundestag is responsible for the routine administration of the Bundestag, including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.[1][2]
Composition
[edit]The presidium is elected by the Bundestag during its first meeting after an election; by tradition, the largest faction in the Bundestag has the right to nominate a candidate for the post of president. On the first two ballots, a nominee needs a majority of all Bundestag members (Chancellor majority) in order to be elected; on the third ballot a plurality (more yes- than no-votes) is sufficient. His or her term ends with the end of the legislature, but they can be re-elected, as long as he or she is re-elected as member of the Bundestag.[3]
Besides the president, the presidium also consists of a varying number of vice presidents, who are also elected during the first session of each legislative period. Since 1994, the Bundestag's standing rules state that the minimum number of vice presidents has to equal the number of factions and give every faction the right to nominate one vice president. Nevertheless, like the president, each vice president has to be elected by a majority of the whole house on the first two or a plurality on the third ballot; this can result (and already has) in the outcome that the actual number of sitting vice presidents does not equal the number of factions, if a faction does not succeed in naming a candidate, who is acceptable to at least the necessary majority. The Bundestag may decide to elect additional vice presidents. For example, in the 18th Bundestag (2013–2017), which only consisted of four factions, the two biggest factions (CDU/CSU and SPD) were each entitled to nominate a second vice president, as a presidium of only five persons was considered too small to fulfill its tasks.
1st Bundestag (1949−1953)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Erich Köhler Hermann Ehlers |
1949−1950 1950−1953 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Hermann Schäfer |
1949−1953 1949−1953 |
SPD FDP |
2nd Bundestag (1953−1957)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Hermann Ehlers Eugen Gerstenmaier |
1953−1954 1954−1957 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Ludwig Schneider Max Becker Ludwig Schneider |
1953−1957 1953−1957 1953−1956 1956−1957 1956−1957 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP FDP FVP/DP |
3rd Bundestag (1957−1961)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1957−1961 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Richard Jaeger Victor-Emanuel Preusker Max Becker Thomas Dehler Victor-Emanuel Preusker |
1957−1961 1957−1961 1960 1957−1960 1960−1961 1958−1960 |
SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP DVP/DP |
4th Bundestag (1961−1965)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1961−1965 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Erwin Schoettle Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler |
1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965 1961−1965 |
SPD SPD CSU/CSU FDP |
5th Bundestag (1965–1969)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Eugen Gerstenmaier | 1965−1969 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Karl Momper Erwin Schoettle Maria Probst Richard Jaeger Thomas Dehler Walter Scheel |
1965−1966 1966−1969 1965−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969 1965−1967 1967−1969 |
SPD SPD SPD CSU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
6th Bundestag (1969−1972)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Kai-Uwe von Hassel | 1969−1972 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Carlo Schmid Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke |
1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972 1969−1972 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
7th Bundestag (1972−1976)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Annemarie Renger | 1972−1976 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Kai-Uwe von Hassel Richard Jaeger Liselotte Funcke |
1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976 1972−1976 |
SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP |
8th Bundestag (1976−1980)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Karl Carstens Richard Stücklen |
1976−1979 1979−1980 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen Georg Leber Richard Stücklen Richard von Weizsäcker Liselotte Funcke Richard Wurbs |
1976−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 1976−1979 1979−1980 |
SPD SPD SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
9th Bundestag (1980−1983)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Richard Stücklen | 1980−1983 | CSU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Georg Leber Richard von Weizsäcker Heinrich Windelen Richard Wurbs |
1980−1983 1980−1983 1980−1981 1981−1983 1980−1983 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP |
10th Bundestag (1983−1987)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Rainer Barzel Philipp Jenninger |
1983−1984 1984−1987 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Richard Wurbs Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1987 1983−1984 1984−1987 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP FDP |
11th Bundestag (1987−1990)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Philipp Jenninger Rita Süssmuth |
1987−1988 1988−1990 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Annemarie Renger Heinz Westphal Richard Stücklen Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990 1987−1990 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
12th Bundestag (1990−1994)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Rita Süssmuth | 1990−1994 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Helmut Becker Renate Schmidt Hans Klein Dieter-Julius Cronenberg |
1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994 1990−1994 |
SPD SPD CDU/CSU FDP |
13th Bundestag (1994−1998)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Rita Süssmuth | 1994−1998 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hans-Ulrich Klose Hans Klein Michaela Geiger Burkhard Hirsch Antje Vollmer |
1994−1998 1994−1996 1997−1998 1994−1998 1995−1998 |
SPD CSU/CSU CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens |
Hans Klein died on 26 November 1996. On 16 January 1997, Michaela Geiger was elected to the vacant post.
14th Bundestag (1998−2002)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Wolfgang Thierse | 1998−2002 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Anke Fuchs Rudolf Seiters Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer Petra Bläss |
1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 1998−2002 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens PDS |
15th Bundestag (2002−2005)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Wolfgang Thierse | 2002−2005 | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Suzanne Kastner Norbert Lammert Hermann Otto Solms Antje Vollmer |
2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005 2002−2005 |
SPD CDU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens |
16th Bundestag (2005−2009)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Norbert Lammert | 2005−2009 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Suzanne Kastner Wolfgang Thierse Gerda Hasselfeldt Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Petra Pau |
2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2006−2009 |
SPD SPD CSU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens The Left |
17th Bundestag (2009−2013)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Norbert Lammert | 2009−2013 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Gerda Hasselfeldt Eduard Oswald Wolfgang Thierse Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Petra Pau |
2009−2011 2011−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 2009−2013 |
CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD FDP Alliance 90/The Greens The Left |
18th Bundestag (2013−2017)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Norbert Lammert | 2013−2017 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Johannes Singhammer Edelgard Bulmahn Petra Pau Claudia Roth Peter Hintze Michaela Noll Ulla Schmidt |
2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2016 2017 2013−2017 |
CDU/CSU SPD The Left Alliance 90/The Greens CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD |
The CDU/CSU's second Vice President Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.[4]
19th Bundestag (2017–2021)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Wolfgang Schäuble | 2017–2021 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hans-Peter Friedrich Thomas Oppermann Dagmar Ziegler Wolfgang Kubicki Petra Pau Claudia Roth |
2017–2021 2017–2020 2020–2021 2017–2021 2017–2021 2017–2021 |
CDU/CSU SPD SPD FDP The Left Alliance 90/The Greens |
The SPD's Vice President Thomas Oppermann died on 25 October 2020, Dagmar Ziegler was elected to the vacant post.
The AfD was represented in the 19th Bundestag with group status and had the right to nominate a vice president. However, no proposed candidate achieved the necessary majority during the entire legislative period.
20th Bundestag (2021–)
[edit]President | Period | Party |
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Bärbel Bas | 2021– | SPD |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Aydan Özoğuz Yvonne Magwas Claudia Roth Katrin Göring-Eckardt Wolfgang Kubicki Petra Pau |
2021– 2021– 2021 2021– 2021– 2021– |
SPD CDU/CSU Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens FDP The Left |
Claudia Roth resigned her post as vice president on 8 December 2021 upon entering office as State Minister and Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Katrin Göring-Eckardt, who already served as vice president in the 16th and 17th Bundestag, was elected to the post one day later, on 9 December 2021.
The AfD is represented in the 20th Bundestag with group status and has the right to nominate a vice president. However, as yet, no proposed candidate has achieved the necessary majority.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Functions and duties of the President and Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Election of the Presidium". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Michaela Noll neue Vizepräsidentin im Bundestag". cdu.de (in German). CDU. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.