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Presidium of the Bundestag

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The Presidium of the Bundestag is responsible for the routine administration of the Bundestag, including its clerical and research activities. The presidium consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number of Vice Presidents, currently six.[1][2]

Composition

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The presidium is elected by the Bundestag during its first meeting after an election; by tradition, the largest faction in the Bundestag has the right to nominate a candidate for the post of president. On the first two ballots, a nominee needs a majority of all Bundestag members (Chancellor majority) in order to be elected; on the third ballot a plurality (more yes- than no-votes) is sufficient. His or her term ends with the end of the legislature, but they can be re-elected, as long as he or she is re-elected as member of the Bundestag.[3]

Besides the president, the presidium also consists of a varying number of vice presidents, who are also elected during the first session of each legislative period. Since 1994, the Bundestag's standing rules state that the minimum number of vice presidents has to equal the number of factions and give every faction the right to nominate one vice president. Nevertheless, like the president, each vice president has to be elected by a majority of the whole house on the first two or a plurality on the third ballot; this can result (and already has) in the outcome that the actual number of sitting vice presidents does not equal the number of factions, if a faction does not succeed in naming a candidate, who is acceptable to at least the necessary majority. The Bundestag may decide to elect additional vice presidents. For example, in the 18th Bundestag (2013–2017), which only consisted of four factions, the two biggest factions (CDU/CSU and SPD) were each entitled to nominate a second vice president, as a presidium of only five persons was considered too small to fulfill its tasks.

1st Bundestag (1949−1953)

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President Period Party
Erich Köhler
Hermann Ehlers
1949−1950
1950−1953
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Hermann Schäfer
1949−1953
1949−1953
SPD
FDP

2nd Bundestag (1953−1957)

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President Period Party
Hermann Ehlers
Eugen Gerstenmaier
1953−1954
1954−1957
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Richard Jaeger
Ludwig Schneider
Max Becker
Ludwig Schneider
1953−1957
1953−1957
1953−1956
1956−1957
1956−1957
SPD
CSU
FDP
FDP
FVP/DP

3rd Bundestag (1957−1961)

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President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier 1957−1961 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Richard Jaeger
Max Becker
Thomas Dehler
Victor-Emanuel Preusker
1957−1961
1957−1961
1957−1960
1960−1961
1958−1960
SPD
CSU
FDP
FDP
DVP/DP/CDU

4th Bundestag (1961−1965)

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President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier 1961−1965 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Erwin Schoettle
Richard Jaeger
Thomas Dehler
1961−1965
1961−1965
1961−1965
1961−1965
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

5th Bundestag (1965–1969)

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President Period Party
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
1965−1969
1969
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Karl Momper
Erwin Schoettle
Richard Jaeger
Maria Probst
Thomas Dehler
Walter Scheel
1965−1966
1966−1969
1965−1969
1965, 1967–1969
1965−1967
1965−1967
1967−1969
SPD
SPD
SPD
CSU
CSU
FDP
FDP

6th Bundestag (1969−1972)

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President Period Party
Kai-Uwe von Hassel 1969−1972 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Carlo Schmid
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Richard Jaeger
Liselotte Funcke
1969−1972
1969−1972
1969−1972
1969−1972
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

7th Bundestag (1972−1976)

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President Period Party
Annemarie Renger 1972−1976 SPD
Vice President Period Party
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Richard Jaeger
Liselotte Funcke
1972−1976
1972−1976
1972−1976
1972−1976
SPD
CDU
CSU
FDP

8th Bundestag (1976−1980)

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President Period Party
Karl Carstens
Richard Stücklen
1976−1979
1979−1980
CDU
CSU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen
Georg Leber
Richard Stücklen
Richard von Weizsäcker
Liselotte Funcke
Richard Wurbs
1976−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
1976−1979
1979−1980
SPD
SPD
SPD
CSU
CDU
FDP
FDP

9th Bundestag (1980−1983)

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President Period Party
Richard Stücklen 1980−1983 CSU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Georg Leber
Richard von Weizsäcker
Heinrich Windelen
Richard Wurbs
1980−1983
1980−1983
1980−1981
1981−1983
1980−1983
SPD
SPD
CDU
CDU
FDP

10th Bundestag (1983−1987)

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President Period Party
Rainer Barzel
Philipp Jenninger
1983−1984
1984−1987
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Heinz Westphal
Richard Stücklen
Richard Wurbs
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1983−1987
1983−1987
1983−1987
1983−1984
1984−1987
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP
FDP

11th Bundestag (1987−1990)

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President Period Party
Philipp Jenninger
Rita Süssmuth
1987−1988
1988−1990
CDU
CDU
Vice President Period Party
Annemarie Renger
Heinz Westphal
Richard Stücklen
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1987−1990
1987−1990
1987−1990
1987−1990
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

12th Bundestag (1990−1994)

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President Period Party
Rita Süssmuth 1990−1994 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Helmut Becker
Renate Schmidt
Hans Klein
Dieter-Julius Cronenberg
1990−1994
1990−1994
1990−1994
1990−1994
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP

13th Bundestag (1994−1998)

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President Period Party
Rita Süssmuth 1994−1998 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Hans-Ulrich Klose
Hans Klein
Michaela Geiger
Burkhard Hirsch
Antje Vollmer
1994−1998
1994−1996
1997−1998
1994−1998
1995−1998
SPD
CSU
CSU
FDP
Alliance 90/The Greens

Hans Klein died on 26 November 1996. On 16 January 1997, Michaela Geiger was elected to the vacant post.

14th Bundestag (1998−2002)

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President Period Party
Wolfgang Thierse 1998−2002 SPD
Vice President Period Party
Anke Fuchs
Rudolf Seiters
Hermann Otto Solms
Antje Vollmer
Petra Bläss
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
1998−2002
SPD
CDU
FDP
Alliance 90/The Greens
PDS

15th Bundestag (2002−2005)

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President Period Party
Wolfgang Thierse 2002−2005 SPD
Vice President Period Party
Suzanne Kastner
Norbert Lammert
Hermann Otto Solms
Antje Vollmer
2002−2005
2002−2005
2002−2005
2002−2005
SPD
CDU/CSU
FDP
Alliance 90/The Greens

16th Bundestag (2005−2009)

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President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2005−2009 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Suzanne Kastner
Wolfgang Thierse
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Hermann Otto Solms
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Petra Pau
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2005−2009
2006−2009
SPD
SPD
CSU
FDP
Alliance 90/The Greens
The Left

17th Bundestag (2009−2013)

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President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2009−2013 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Gerda Hasselfeldt
Eduard Oswald
Wolfgang Thierse
Hermann Otto Solms
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Petra Pau
2009−2011
2011−2013
2009−2013
2009−2013
2009−2013
2009−2013
CSU
CSU
SPD
FDP
Alliance 90/The Greens
The Left

18th Bundestag (2013−2017)

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President Period Party
Norbert Lammert 2013−2017 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Johannes Singhammer
Edelgard Bulmahn
Petra Pau
Claudia Roth
Peter Hintze
Michaela Noll
Ulla Schmidt
2013−2017
2013−2017
2013−2017
2013−2017
2013−2016
2017
2013−2017
CSU
SPD
The Left
Alliance 90/The Greens
CDU
CDU
SPD

The CDU Vice President Peter Hintze died on 26 November 2016. On 19 January 2017, Michaela Noll was elected to the vacant post.[4]

19th Bundestag (2017–2021)

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President Period Party
Wolfgang Schäuble 2017–2021 CDU
Vice President Period Party
Hans-Peter Friedrich
Thomas Oppermann
Dagmar Ziegler

Wolfgang Kubicki
Petra Pau
Claudia Roth
2017–2021
2017–2020
2020–2021
2017–2021
2017–2021
2017–2021
2017–2021
CSU
SPD
SPD
AfD
FDP
The Left
Alliance 90/The Greens

The SPD's Vice President Thomas Oppermann died on 25 October 2020, Dagmar Ziegler was elected to the vacant post.

The AfD was represented in the 19th Bundestag with group status and had the right to nominate a vice president. However, in 18 election rounds during the entire legislative period, none of the six proposed candidates achieved the necessary majority.

20th Bundestag (2021–)

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President Period Party
Bärbel Bas 2021– SPD
Vice President Period Party
Aydan Özoğuz
Yvonne Magwas
Claudia Roth
Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Wolfgang Kubicki

Petra Pau
2021–
2021–
2021
2021–
2021–
2021–
2021–
SPD
CDU
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens
FDP
AfD
The Left

Claudia Roth resigned her post as vice president on 8 December 2021 upon entering office as State Minister and Federal Commissioner. Katrin Göring-Eckardt, who already had served as vice president in the 16th and 17th Bundestag, was elected to the post one day later, on 9 December 2021.

The AfD is represented in the 20th Bundestag with group status and has the right to nominate a vice president. However, as of summer 2024, none of the 30+ proposed candidates has achieved the necessary majority.

References

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  1. ^ "The Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Functions and duties of the President and Presidium of the German Bundestag". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Election of the Presidium". bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Michaela Noll neue Vizepräsidentin im Bundestag". cdu.de (in German). CDU. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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