Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the state diet of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. It convenes in Stuttgart and currently consists of 139 members of four Parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party, supporting the cabinet of Minister-President Günther Oettinger.

Current Composition

After the elections of March 26, 2006, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:

Basically, elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats. However, there are some exceptions, making the Baden-Württemberg election system one of the most complicated in Germany [http://www.pz-news.de/suedwest/94751/index.html (German newspaper article)] .

In November 27, 2007, Oswald Metzger, elected in Biberach, formally ended his membership in the Alliance '90/The Greens, but stayed in the Landtag without a faction until, on February 18, 2008, Eugen Schlachter (member of Alliance '90/The Greens) took his seat, thus bringing the Greens faction to 17 seats again.

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg have been:
* 1952 - 1960 Carl Neinhaus, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1960 - 1968 Franz Gurk, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1968 - 1976 Camill Wurz, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1976 - 1980 Erich Ganzenmüller, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1980 - 1982 Lothar Gaa, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1982 - 1992 Erich Schneider, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* 1992 - 1996 Fritz Hopmeier, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
* since 1996 Peter Straub, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

ee also

* Baden-Württemberg state election, 2001
* Baden-Württemberg state election, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.landtag-bw.de/en/index.html English Version of the official Webpage]