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Halle (electoral District)
Halle is an electoral constituency (German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 72. It is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt, comprising the city of Halle (Saale) and part of the Saalekreis district. Halle was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Karamba Diaby of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Geography Halle is located in southern Saxony-Anhalt. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Halle (Saale) and the municipalities of Kabelsketal, Landsberg, and Petersberg from the Saalekreis district. History Halle was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as ''Halle-Altstadt''. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 291 in the numbering system. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (, ) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus it is the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their electorate. The minimum legal number of members of the Bundestag (german: link=no, Mitglieder des Bundestages) is 598; however, due to the system of overhang and leveling seats the current 20th Bundestag has a total of 736 members, making it the largest Bundestag to date and the largest freely elected national parliamentary chamber in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 German Federal Election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 22 September 2002 to elect the members of the 15th Bundestag. Incumbent Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's centre-left "red-green" governing coalition retained a narrow majority, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) retained their status as the largest party in the Bundestag by three seats. Issues and campaign Several issues dominated the campaign, with the opposition CDU/CSU attacking the government's performance on the economy which fell back into recession due to the Telecoms crash and the introduction of the euro, as well as campaigning on family values and against taxes (particularly on fuel). In the run up to the election, the CSU/CDU held a huge lead in the opinion polls and Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Edmund Stoiber famously remarked that "...this election is like a football match where it's the second half and my team is ahead by 2–0." However, event soon overtook Stoiber and the CDU/CSU campaign. The SPD and the Greens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Bernstiel
Christoph Bernstiel (born 8 February 1984 in Bernburg, Bezirk Halle) is a German politician in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. In addition, he has served on the Halle (Saale) municipal council since 2014. Education and early career Bernstiel studied political science and sociology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg until 2010 graduating with a Magister Artium. From 2010 to 2017, he worked at the multimedia centre Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle (Saale), initially as PR officer and later as head of communications. While working, Bernstiel took a compact study course at the German Press Academy (depak) from 2010 to 2012, graduating with a degree in communication management. In 2012, he founded the company KOBE PR. He has been a certified PR consultant since 2013, certified by the testing and certification organisation of the German communications industry PZOK. Political care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Union Of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 January 2022. The CDU is the second largest party in the Bundestag, the German federal legislature, with 152 out of 736 seats, having won 18.9% of votes in the 2021 federal election. It forms the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction, also known as the Union, with its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). The group's parliamentary leader is also Friedrich Merz. Founded in 1945 as an interdenominational Christian party, the CDU effectively succeeded the pre-war Catholic Centre Party, with many former members joining the party, including its first leader Konrad Adenauer. The party also included politicians of other backgrounds, including libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Bergner
Christoph Bergner (born 24 November 1948) is a German politician and member of the conservative CDU. Bergner was the 3rd Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Life and political career Christoph Bergner was born in Zwickau, Sachsen. After finishing his agronomy studies in 1971, he earned a doctorate and worked as a research associate at the ''Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR'' from 1974 until 1990. Bergner was Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 1993 until 1994. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Bundestag; since 2005, a secretary of state in the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany); since 2006, he is ''Federal commissioner for national minorities'' (german: Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Aussiedlerfragen und nationale Minderheiten). Christoph Bergner is a member of the Protestant church and has a critical estimation of Communism. He is married with three children. See also *Federal Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left (Germany)
The Left (german: Die Linke; stylised as and in its logo as ), commonly referred to as the Left Party (german: Die Linkspartei, links=no ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative. Through the PDS, the party is the direct descendant of the Marxist–Leninist ruling party of the former East Germany, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Since 2022, The Left's co-chairpersons have been Janine Wissler and Martin Schirdewan. The party holds 39 seats out of 736 in the Bundestag, the federal legislature of Germany, having won 4.9% of votes cast in the 2021 German federal election. Its parliamentary group is the smallest of six in the Bundestag, and is headed by parliamentary co-leaders Amira Mohamed Ali and Dietmar Bartsch. The Left is represented in nine of Germany's sixteen state legislatures, including all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Sitte
Petra Sitte (born 1 December 1960) is a German politician. She represents The Left. Petra Sitte has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2005. Life Sitte was born in Dresden, Saxony. After graduating from high school in 1979, she studied economics at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, graduating in 1983 with a degree in economics. After subsequent research studies and work as an assistant at the Martin Luther University, she received her doctorate here in 1987. From 1990 to 2005 she was a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. She became member of the bundestag after the 2005 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th Bundestag. The snap election was called after the government's defeat in a state election, which caused them to intentionally lose a motion of confide .... She is a member of the Digital Agenda Committee and the Committee o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel
Christel is a German given name, and may refer to: * Christel Augenstein (21st century), German politician * Christel Bertens (born 1983), Dutch bobsledder and athlete * Christel Haekk (born 1948), politician in Ontario, Canada *Christel Khalil (born 1987), Emmy Award-nominated American actress * Christel Kimbembe (born 1982), Congolese football defender * Christel Lau (born 1944), German field hockey player *Christel Marott (1919–1992), Danish Illustrator and Sculptorist * Christel Meinel (21st century), former East German cross country skier * Christel Schaldemose (born 1967), member of the European Parliament *Christel Takigawa , commonly known as , is a French-Japanese television announcer and news presenter. She is the wife of politician Shinjirō Koizumi. Biography Takigawa Lardux Christel Masami was born in Paris, France, to a Japanese mother and a French fath ... (born 1977), Japanese television presenter * Christel Wegner (born 1947), German communist politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 West German Federal Election
Federal elections were held in West Germany on 15 September 1957 to elect the members of the third Bundestag. The Christian Democratic Union and its longtime ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, won a sweeping victory, taking 270 seats in the Bundestag to win the first – and to date, only – absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election. This was the first West German federal election to take place in the Saarland, which – as Saar protectorate – had been a separate entity under French control between 1946 and 1956. Campaign Economy Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had some solid advantages over his Social Democratic Party (SPD) opponent, Erich Ollenhauer; West Germany had become fully sovereign in 1955 and The Law on Pension Reform (backdated to 1 January 1957) was enormously popular when passed in the spring of 1957, while the economy had been growing on average 7% per year since 1953 in part due to young, skilled and highly ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (german: link=no, Freie Demokratische Partei; FDP, ) is a liberal political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party. For most of the second half of the 20th century, the FDP held the balance of power in the Bundestag. It has been a junior coalition partner to both the CDU/CSU (1949–1956, 1961–1966, 1982–1998 and 2009–2013) and Social Democratic Party of Germany (1969–1982, 2021–presenter). In the 2013 federal election, the FDP failed to win any directly elected seats in the Bundestag and came up short of the 5 percent threshold to qualify for list representation, being left without representation in the Bundestag for the first time in its history. In the 2017 federal election, the FDP regained its representation in the Bundestag, receiving 10.6% of the vote. After the 2021 fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 German Federal Election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria ( CDU/CSU), led by incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, won the highest percentage of the vote with 33%, though it suffered a large swing against it of more than 8%. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) achieved its worst result since post-war Germany at 21%. Alternative for Germany (AfD), which was previously unrepresented in the Bundestag, became the third party in the Bundestag with 12.6% of the vote, whilst the Free Democratic Party (FDP) won 10.7% of the vote and returned to the Bundestag after losing all their seats in 2013. It was the first time since 1957 that a party to the political right of the CDU/CSU gained seats in the Bundestag. The other parties to achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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