Presidium of the Bundestag
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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.
The president is elected by all members of the Bundestag during its first meeting; he almost always comes from the largest fraction in the Bundestag (tradition has made this a sort of an unwritten law). His administration ends with the end of the legislature, but he can be re-elected, as long as he is re-elected to the Bundestag.
In 1994 it was decided that every faction in the Bundestag should be represented by a Vice President.
1st Bundestag (1949−1953)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
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 |
14th Bundestag (1998−2002)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
Norbert Lammert | 2005−2009 | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Suzanne Kastner Wolfgang Thierse Gerda Hasselfeldt Hermann Otto Solms Katrin Göring-Eckardt Vacant Petra Pau |
2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2009 2005−2006 2006−2009 |
SPD SPD CSU/CSU FDP Alliance 90/The Greens The Left The Left |
17th Bundestag (2009−2013)
President | Period | Party |
---|---|---|
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)
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 Vacant Michaela Noll Ulla Schmidt |
2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2017 2013−2016 2016–2017 2017 2013−2017 |
CDU/CSU SPD The Left Alliance 90/The Greens CDU/CSU CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD |
Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.
19th Bundestag (2017–)
President | Period | Party |
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Wolfgang Schäuble | 2017–Incumbent | CDU/CSU |
Vice President | Period | Party |
Hans-Peter Friedrich Thomas Oppermann Vacant Wolfgang Kubicki Petra Pau Claudia Roth |
2017–Incumbent 2017–Incumbent 2017– 2017–Incumbent 2017–Incumbent 2017–Incumbent |
CDU/CSU SPD AfD FDP The Left Alliance 90/The Greens |
In the first session of the 19th Bundestag on 24 October 2017, the 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 presidium-seat has remained vacant since. On 7 November 2018, the AfD-group announced the nomination of Mariana Harder-Kühnel for the post. Harder-Kühnel failed to secure a majority on the first ballot on 29 November 2018 and on the second ballot on 12 December 2018 and a plurality on the third ballot on 5 April 2019.[1] On 9 April 2019, the AfD-group announced the nomination of Gerold Otten to the vacant post.[2]