The politics of Baden-Württemberg takes place within a framework of a
federal
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parliamentary
representative democratic republic, where the
Federal Government of Germany
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exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
. Since 1948 politics in the state has been dominated by the rightist
Christian Democratic Union (CDU). However, in the
2011 election the CDU lost its majority in the
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the diet of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It convenes in Stuttgart and currently consists of 154 members of five political parties. The majority before the 2021 election was a coalition of the All ...
and since various coalitions were formed by the
Green
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leader Winfried Kretschmann.
Minister-presidents since 1952
Since the creation of the state in 1952, the state's
Minister-president
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s have been:
State parliament since 1952
For election results split by party, see
Elections in Baden-Württemberg.
Earlier history
The Minister-Presidents of Baden-Württemberg's predecessor states were:
Prior to the
Second World War
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and the regime of
Nazi Germany
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from 1933, the largest party in both the
Republic of Baden
The Republic of Baden (german: Republik Baden) was a German state that existed during the time of the Weimar Republic, formed after the abolition of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1918. It is now part of the modern German state of Baden-Württemberg ...
and the
Free People's State of Württemberg
The Free People's State of Württemberg (german: Freier Volksstaat Württemberg) was a state in Württemberg, Germany, during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
1918 revolution
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was the Catholic
Centre Party.
The leaders of the government of the Republic of Baden:
The leaders of the government of Württemberg 1918 – 1933:
Latest election
In the 27 March 2011 state assembly election, the ruling CDU/FDP coalition lost its majority of seats. The
Alliance '90/The Greens party more than doubled its vote and its number of seats, whereas the
Free Democratic Party was reduced to less than half its former result. The Greens and SDP jointly achieved a 4-seat majority over the former coalition partners. On 12 May 2011, after 58 years of CDU dominance, the new assembly elected
Winfried Kretschmann
Winfried Kretschmann (born 17 May 1948) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. A member of the Alliance '90/Greens, he was President of the Bundesrat and ''ex officio'' deputy to the President of ...
as the first Green minister-president.
See also
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Elections in Baden-Württemberg
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