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SPD North Rhine-Westphalia

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SPD North Rhine-Westphalia
LeaderAchim Post, Sarah Phillip
Founded5 December 1970; 53 years ago (1970-12-05)
Membership (June 2022)97,300[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSocial Democratic Party
Colours  Red
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
56 / 195
Bundestag delegation
49 / 155
Website
www.nrwspd.de

SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 97,300 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

History

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Minister-President of State North Rhine-Westphalia
Name Living/Lived begin end picture
Fritz Steinhoff 1897–1969 1956 1958
Heinz Kühn 1912–1992 1966 1978
Johannes Rau 1931–2006 1978 1998
Wolfgang Clement 1940–2020 1998 2002
Peer Steinbrück * 1947 2002 2005
Hannelore Kraft * 1961 14 July 2010 2017
Landtagswahlen und Landesregierungen seit 1946

Election results

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Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Election Popular Vote Seats +/– Government
Votes %
1947 1,607,487 32.0 (#2)
64 / 216
CDU–SPD-KPD-DZP
1950 2,005,312 32.3 (#2)
68 / 215
Increase 4 Opposition
1954 2,387,718 34.5(#2)
76 / 200
Increase 8 SPD-FDP-DZP(1956-58)
1958 3,115,738 39.2 (#2)
81 / 200
Increase 5 Opposition
1962 3,497,179 43.3 (#2)
90 / 200
Increase 9 Opposition
1966 4,226,604 49.5 (#1)
99 / 200
Increase 9 SPD-FDP
1970 3,996,808 46.1 (#2)
94 / 200
Decrease 5 SPD-FDP
1975 4,630,995 45.1 (#2)
91 / 200
Decrease 3 SPD-FDP
1980 4,756,103 48.4 (#1)
106 / 201
Increase 15 SPD majority
1985 4,942,346 52.1 (#1)
125 / 227
Increase 19 SPD majority
1990 4,644,431 50.0 (#1)
122 / 237
Decrease 3 SPD majority
1995 3,816,639 46.0 (#1)
108 / 221
Decrease 14 SPD-Greens
2000 3,143,179 42.8 (#1)
102 / 231
Decrease 6 SPD-Greens
2005 3,058,988 37.1 (#2)
74 / 187
Decrease 28 Opposition
2010 2,980,311 34.5 (#2)
67 / 181
Decrease 7 SPD-Greens
2012 3,290,561 39.1 (#1)
99 / 237
Increase 32 SPD-Greens
2017 2,919,073 31.2 (#2)
69 / 199
Decrease 30 Opposition
2022 2,092,933 26.7 (#2)
56 / 195
Decrease 13 Opposition

Structure

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Regional organizations of SPD state group:{

  • Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia), covering the Regierungsbezirke Arnsberg and Münster
  • Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
  • Region Mittelrhein (Central Rhine), covering the Regierungsbezirk Cologne
  • Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe), covering the Regierungsbezirk Detmold

The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (Unterbezirke), each covering either a district-free City (Kreisfreie Stadt) or a District (Kreis).

Chairman

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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
2017–2018 Michael Groschek
2018–2021 Sebastian Hartmann
2021–2023 Thomas Kutschaty
2023–present Sarah Philipp and Achim Post

References

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  1. ^ "Mitgliederzahlen › NRWSPD" (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-15.