The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

. It convenes in the state's capital

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and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of

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. The Landtag maintains partnerships with the parliament of the

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, the Oblast Duma of the

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and the parliament of the

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Seat

Since 1950, the Landtag convenes in the Landeshaus in Kiel, which was built in 1888 as the

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Academy. During the Nazi-Era, the Landeshaus served as seat of the German Navy's Baltic Sea Command. Up to 1950, the Landtag convened in

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Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

and

Eckernförde Eckernförde ( da, Egernførde, sometimes also , nds, Eckernför, sometimes also ) () is a German town in Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel. The population is ...

as well as in Kiel. Since its renovation in 2003, the Landtag is assembled in a new Chamber inside of the Landeshaus.

Electoral system

The Landtag is elected via

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. 35 members are elected in

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via

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. 34 members are then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. Voters have two votes: the "first vote" for candidates in single-member constituencies, and the "second vote" for

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s, which are used to fill the proportional seats. The minimum size of the Landtag is 69 members, but if

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s are present, proportional

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s will be added to ensure proportionality. An

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of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold, and fail to win at least one constituency, are ineligible to receive seats. Parties representing the

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and the Frisians, such as the

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, are exempt from the threshold.

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein have been: * 1946 Paul Husfeldt, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1946 – 1954 Karl Ratz, Social Democratic Party (SPD) * 1954 – 1959 Walther Böttcher, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1959 – 1964 Claus-Joachim von Heydebreck, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1964 – 1971

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1971 – 1983

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1983 – 1987 Rudolf Titzck, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1987 – 1992 Lianne Paulina-Mürl, Social Democratic Party (SPD) * 1992 – 1996 Ute Erdsiek-Rave, Social Democratic Party (SPD) * 1996 – 2005 Heinz-Werner Arens, Social Democratic Party (SPD) * 2005 – 2009

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 2009 – 2012

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 2012-2022

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * since 7 June 2022

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, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

References

External links

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Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the ...