Landtag of Saarland

The Landtag of Saarland is the state diet of the German federal state of Saarland. It convenes in Saarbrücken and currently consists of 51 members of four (or five, see below) Parties. Currently, the Christian Democratic Union holds an absolute majority, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Peter Müller.

Current Composition

After the elections of Date|2004-09-05, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:

Elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats.

Originally, since the election in 2004, the Alliance '90/The Greens held three seats, but in 2007, Barbara Spaniol, originally a member of the Greens, left the party and became a member of The Left, thus losing her place in the Green faction but not her seat. Since then, she officially is not a member of any faction [http://www.landtag-saar.de/de/plenarsaal.php Flash application] , but The Left claims she represents them in the Landtag [ [http://www.barbara-spaniol.de/ DIE LINKE. Im Saarlandtag: linkesaarlandtag ] ] .

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Saarland have been:

ee also

* Saarland state election, 1999
* Saarland state election, 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.landtag-saar.de/de/ Official Webpage (German and French)]