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SPD North Rhine-Westphalia
SPD Nordrhein-Westfalen is a political party in German state North Rhine-Westphalia and is, with 97,300 members, the biggest state group of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). History Election results Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Structure Regional organizations of SPD state group:{ * Region Westliches Westfalen (Western Westphalia), covering the ''Regierungsbezirke'' Arnsberg and Münster * Region Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), covering the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Düsseldorf * Region Mittelrhein (Central Rhine), covering the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Cologne * Region Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Eastern Westphalia-Lippe), covering the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Detmold The Regions are headgroups of 54 lower state groups (''Unterbezirke''), each covering either a district-free City (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') or a District (''Kreis''). Chairman {, class="wikitable" , class="hintergrundfarbe8", Years , class="hintergrundfarbe8", Head , - , 1970–1973 , Heinz Kühn , - , 1973–1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kutschaty
Thomas Kutschaty (born 12 June 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as leader of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2021. Kutschaty has been a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2005 and has served as the parliamentary leader of the SPD since 2018. Prior to this Kutschaty served as the Minister for Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 till 2017. Early life, education and family Kutschaty was born in Essen, West Germany in June 1968. His family was railway workers' family, with Kutschaty being the first to complete his Abitur. Kutschaty studied law at the Ruhr University Bochum, passing his first state exam in 1995 and his second in 1997. Kutschaty was active as a lawyer between 1997 and 2010. Kutschaty is married and has three children. Political career Career in local politics Kutschaty has been a member of the SPD since 1986. Between 1987 and 1989 he served as the Spokesperson of the Youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer Steinbrück
Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947) is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2002 to 2005, a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2016, and as Federal Minister of Finance in the first Cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2009. A graduate of the University of Kiel, Steinbrück began his political career in the office of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and became chief of staff to Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Johannes Rau, in 1986. Steinbrück served as a state minister in both Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia and succeeded Wolfgang Clement as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2002. Governing in an SPD-Green coalition,see :de:Kabinett Steinbrück Steinbrück's tenure was noted for its attempt to reduce tax breaks and coal subsidies.Judy Dempsey (13 October 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1980 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 11 May 1980 to elect the 9th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Johannes Rau. The result was a clear victory for the SPD, who won an absolute majority of 106 seats in the Landtag with 48.4% of the vote. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declined to 43.2% and remained steady on 95 seats. The SPD's majority was ensured by the failure of the FDP to re-enter parliament: they fell just short of the 5% electoral threshold and lost all their seats. The SPD went on to form government alone for the first time in the state's history; Johannes Rau was re-elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 4 June. Electoral system The Landtag was elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 151 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1975 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 4 May 1975 to elect the 8th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Heinz Kühn. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remained the largest party and improved its lead over the SPD, but failed to win an overall majority. The incumbent coalition retained the 105-seat majority it had won at the previous election, with a net shift of three seats from the SPD to the FDP. Turnout increased dramatically to 86.1%, the highest ever recorded in the state. The SPD–FDP coalition was renewed and Heinz Kühn was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 4 June. Electoral system The Landtag was elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 150 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and fifty then allocated using compensatory proporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1970 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 14 June 1970 to elect the 7th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Heinz Kühn. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) returned as the largest party after falling to second in 1966, winning a narrow plurality of 46.3%, with a lead of 0.2% and one seat over the SPD. The FDP suffered losses and declined to 5.5%. Overall, the incumbent coalition retained a reduced majority of 105 seats. However, a number of FDP deputies opposed to cooperation with the SPD refused to vote for Kühn in the investiture vote on 28 July; he was re-elected with the minimum majority of 101 votes out of 200. There were 95 votes for CDU leader Heinrich Köppler and four abstentions. In October, three members of the FDP faction defected to the new party National Liberal Action, leaving the government with a narro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1966 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 10 July 1966 to elect the 6th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Franz Meyers. The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) became the largest party in the state for the first time, coming just short of a majority with 49.5% of votes and 99 seats. The CDU declined to 43%, and the FDP made a slight improvement to 7.4%. Overall, the incumbent coalition retained a bare majority of 101 seats and was subsequently renewed. However, it only lasted a short time. The investiture of Meyers was troubled: he failed to win an absolute majority in the Landtag and was elected on the second ballot, which only required a simple majority, with 100 votes. On 1 November, a new federal government took office in the form of a grand coalition between the CDU and SPD, replacing the previous CDU–FDP coalition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 North Rhine Westphalia State Election
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1958 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 6 July 1958 to elect the 4th Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Centre Party led by Minister-President Fritz Steinhoff. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which won an absolute majority of both votes and seats on a swing of over nine percentage points. Despite its defeat, the SPD also improved its vote share to 39%. The main losses were felt by minor parties: the FDP fell to 7%, while the Centre Party collapsed to 1% and left the Landtag for good. Other parties which had fallen short of entering parliament in 1954, the KPD and BHE, no longer ran. The CDU's lead candidate was former Minister-President Karl Arnold, who had served from 1947 until being removed by a motion of no confidence partway through the previous term in 1956. His government was replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1954 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 27 June 1954 to elect the 3rd Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Centre Party led by Minister-President Karl Arnold. The CDU remained the largest party and improved its result to 41.3%, a swing of 4.4 percentage points. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) also improved slightly and finished on 34.5%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) remained steady on 11.5%, while the Centre Party fell below the 5% electoral threshold and only very narrowly retained its seats due to a quirk of the electoral law. The Communist Party (KPD) declined to 3.8% and lost representation; the League of Expellees (BHE) ran for the first time and fell short of entering the Landtag with 4.5%. Due to concerns that the Centre could fall below 5% and lose its seats, the CDU stood aside in constituency 62 (Essen Borbeck-Karnap) and endorsed the Centre candidate. Though t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1950 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 18 June 1950 to elect the 2nd Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Centre Party led by Minister-President Karl Arnold. The CDU remained the largest party with 37% and 93 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 32% and 68 seats. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) doubled its vote share to 12%, while the Centre Party declined to 7.5%. The Communist Party (KPD) lost most of its vote share and fell to fifth place on 5.5%. Overall, the CDU won 15 overhang seats. Alongside the election, the state constitution was submitted for public approval. It was supported by the CDU and Centre, who had been primarily responsible for drafting it, while the SPD, KPD, and FDP campaigned against it. The constitution was approved with 3.63 million votes in favour (57.0%) and 2.24 million against (35.2%). The Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election
The 1947 North Rhine-Westphalia state election was held on 20 April 1947 to elect the 1st Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Prior to the election, the state was governed by a parliament appointed by British occupying authorities comprising 100 members from the Rhineland and 100 from Westphalia, and later four from Lippe. The outgoing government was an all-party coalition headed by Rudolf Amelunxen. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the largest party with 37.6% and 92 seats, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 32.0% and 64 seats. The Communist Party (KPD) placed fourth with 14%, followed by the Centre Party on 10% and Free Democratic Party (FDP) on 6%. The election did not take place in constituency 40 Kleve until 18 May; it was won by the CDU. Overall, the CDU won 16 overhang seats. After the election, CDU leader Karl Arnold became Minister-President in a coalition of all parties except the FDP. Electoral system The Landtag was elected via mixed- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRW State Election Results
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the heart of the European Blue Banana makes it well connected to other major European cities and metropolitan areas like the Randstad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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