Aachen I is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 87. It is located in western

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

, comprising the city of

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

. Aachen I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by

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of the

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Geography

Aachen I is located in western

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the city of Aachen from the

Städteregion Aachen The district of Aachen (german: link=yes, Städteregion Aachen) is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the Netherlands province of Limburg and the Belgian pro ...

History

Aachen I was created in 1949, then known as ''Aachen-Stadt''. From 1980 through 2009, it was named ''Aachen''. It acquired its current name in the 2013 election. In the 1949 election, it was North Rhine-Westphalia constituency 1 in the numbering system. In the 1949 through 1961 elections, it was number 60. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 53. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 88. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 87. While its borders have not changed since its creation, the former independent city of Aachen was incorporated into the Städteregion Aachen in 2009.

Members

The constituency was first represented by

Helene Weber Helene Weber (born 17 March 1881 in Elberfeld, now Wuppertal, Rhine Province, died 25 July 1962 in Bonn) was a German politician and was known as a women's rights activist. In the Weimar Republic she rose to prominence in the Catholic Centre Party ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1957, followed by fellow CDU member

Franz Meyers Franz Josef Heinrich Georg Meyers (31 July 1908 – 27 January 2002) was a German politician ( CDU) and the 4th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia between 21 July 1958 and 8 December 1966. He was born and died in Mönchengladbach ...

until 1961 and Edmund Sinn from 1961 to 1969. Former

Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (''NRW''). The po ...

Franz Josef Bach of the CDU served a single term from 1969 to 1972, when the constituency was won by the

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(SPD) candidate Dieter Schinzel. The CDU regained it in 1976 with candidate

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, who served until 1994. Future Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia and federal CDU leader

Armin Laschet Armin Laschet (; born 18 February 1961) is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 3 ...

then served from 1994 to 1998.

Ulla Schmidt Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt (born 13 June 1949) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as Vice-President ...

of the SPD was elected in 1998 and served three terms. She served as Federal Minister of Health from 2001 to 2009.

Rudolf Henke Rudolf Paul Maria Henke (born 5 June 1954) is a physician and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 until 2021. Education and early career Born in Düren, Henke completed hi ...

won the constituency for the CDU in 2009, and was re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Oliver Krischer of the Greens was elected in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

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