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The Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin is the state parliament for the State of Berlin according to the constitution of Berlin. The parliament is based in the building which housed the Prussian Landtag. The current president of the parliament is Walter Momper. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

Election

The parliament of Berlin is chosen every five years in a general, free, secret and direct ballot. It consists of at least 130 representatives, 60% chosen directly in a constituency and 40% indirect from land or district lists. If a party wins more constituency seats than its overall share of the vote, the overall size of the Parliament increases because of these "overhang" mandates. Present distribution of seats after the elections of 2006 A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

• SPD 53 seats
• CDU 37 seats
• left-wing party 23 seats
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 23 seats
• FDP 13 seats

Second World War see elections in Berlin second World War for the other elections after that [[ | ]]. SPD redirects here. ... The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany. ... Party symbol of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... Free Democratic Party (FDP) may be: in Germany, Freie Demokratische Partei (the Free Democratic Party) in Switzerland, Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei (the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Functions

The consideration and passing of legislation is the most important task. In addition, the parliament chooses the Ruling Mayor of Berlin, and checks the government, Berlin senate . Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ...

Presidents

• Dr. Otto Suhr, SPD, (January 11th, 1951 -- January 11th, 1955 )
• Willy Brandt, SPD, (January 11th, 1955 -- October 2nd, 1957 )
• Kurt Landsberg, SPD, (October 19th, 1957 -- March 4th, 1958 )
• Willy Henneberg, SPD, (March 20th, 1958 -- September 17th, 1961 )
• Otto Friedrich Bach, SPD, (September 29th, 1961 -- April 6th, 1967 )
• Walter Sickert, SPD, (April 6th 1967 -- April 24th 1975)
• Peter Lorenz, CDU, (April 24th, 1975 -- December 10th, 1980 )
• Heinrich Lummer, CDU, (December 10th, 1980 -- June 11th, 1981 )
• Peter Rebsch, CDU, (June 11th, 1981 -- March 2nd, 1989 )
• Jürgen Wohlrabe, CDU, (March 2nd, 1989 -- January 11th, 1991 )
• Dr. Hanna-Renate Laurien, CDU (January 11th, 1991 -- November 30th, 1995 )
• Prof. Dr. Herwig Haase, CDU (November 30th, 1995 -- November 18th, 1999 )
• Reinhard Führer, CDU, (November 18th, 1999 -- November 29th, 2001 )
• Walter Momper, SPD, (since November 29th, 2001)

Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (December 18, 1913 - October 8, 1992) was a German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969 – 1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964 – 1987. ... Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (May 31, 1860 in Munich (Germany) – January 22, 1942) was an English impressionist painter. ... Peter Lorenz (December 22, 1922-December 6, 1987) was a German politician (CDU). ... Walter Momper (born February 21, 1945 in Sulingen (near Bremen), Niedersachsen) is a German politician and former Mayor of Berlin. ...

Web Links

• [ http://www.abgeordnetenhaus.de/ official web page of the parliament of Berlin ]

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