The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the political party with the most members in the
German state of
Baden-Württemberg and the second largest state party (in German, ''Landespartei'' or ''Landesverband'') of the
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 ...
with almost 65,000 members. Its chairman is
Thomas Strobl, who succeeded
Stefan Mappus after the lost 2011 election.
Its predecessors were the
Badische Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei (BCSV), the
Christlich-demokratische Partei (CDP), and the
Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei.
The state party was founded in January 1971, when the state parties of CDU Nordbaden, Südbaden, Nordwürttemberg, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern merged into a single party. The first chairman was
Hans Filbinger
Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913 – 1 April 2007) was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg ...
.
The CDU has been the governing party of Baden-Württemberg continuously from 1953 to 2011, the year
Winfried Kretschmann of the
Alliance '90/Greens won the regional state elections.
Election results and coalitions
The CDU Baden-Württemberg won absolute majorities in the 5 state elections between 1972 and 1988, and could govern the state alone. Otherwise the party cooperated with other parties. Until 1958, it cooperated with all parties represented in the parliament. The SPD withdrew from the cooperation in 1958. From 1964 CDU cooperated with FDP/DVP. In the elections of 1968, the SPD won 29% and the NPD won 10%. A
grand coalition
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of CDU and SPD lasted from 1968 to 1972. A new grand coalition lasted from 1992 to 1996. Since 1996, the CDU is cooperating with the FDP.
Chairmen
Nord-Württemberg
Nord-Baden
Süd-Baden
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Baden-Württemberg
Honorary chairmen
Chairs of the parliamentary faction
References
Literature
* Weinacht, Paul-Ludwig (Hg.): Die CDU in Baden-Württemberg und ihre Geschichte. Mit einem Geleitwort von Hans Filbinger. Stuttgart 1978. (Schriften zur politischen Landeskunde Baden-Württembergs, 2)
* Günther Buchstab, Klaus Gotto: Die Gründung der Union, München 1981, , Seite 88–91
External links
CDU BWGrundsatzprogramm der CDU BWRegierungsprogramm der CDU BW
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Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Politics of Baden-Württemberg
State sections of political parties in Germany